Melbourne - Inner

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2021 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Statistical Areas Level 4
Area code 206
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 3,346
Male 50.6%
Female 49.4%
Median age 29
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families 1,091
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 2,298
Average number of people per household 2.2
Median weekly household income $1,940
Median monthly mortgage repayments $2,226
Median weekly rent (a) $412

(a) For 2021, median weekly rent calculations exclude dwellings being occupied rent-free.

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People and population

Indigenous status
All people 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander total 3,346 0.5 65,646 1.0 812,728 3.2
Aboriginal 3,105 0.5 61,865 1.0 742,882 2.9
Torres Strait Islander 112 0.0 2,083 0.0 33,765 0.1
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 129 0.0 1,692 0.0 36,083 0.1
Non-Indigenous 582,482 94.4 6,148,188 94.5 23,375,949 91.9
Not stated 31,192 5.1 289,665 4.5 1,234,112 4.9

More information on Place of Usual Residence (PURP), Indigenous status (INGP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Age
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Median age 29 N/A 24 N/A 24 N/A
0-4 years 157 4.7 7,014 10.7 85,941 10.6
5-14 years 299 8.9 14,052 21.4 179,604 22.1
15-24 years 735 22.0 11,966 18.2 150,057 18.5
25-34 years 978 29.2 10,115 15.4 117,969 14.5
35-44 years 453 13.5 7,006 10.7 87,910 10.8
45-54 years 362 10.8 6,576 10.0 81,802 10.1
55-64 years 186 5.6 4,961 7.6 61,759 7.6
65 years and over 177 5.3 3,955 6.0 47,677 5.9

More information on Age (AGEP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Registered marital status
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Married 349 12.1 9,966 22.4 127,525 23.3
Separated 75 2.6 1,979 4.4 23,982 4.4
Divorced 187 6.5 3,702 8.3 37,473 6.8
Widowed 60 2.1 1,232 2.8 16,329 3.0
Never married 2,214 76.7 27,701 62.1 341,871 62.5

Note: In December 2017, amendments to the Marriage Act 1961 came into effect enabling marriage equality for all couples. For 2021, registered marriages include all couples.

More information on Registered marital status (MSTP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Social marital status
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over, usually resident and present in the household on Census night 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Registered marriage (a) 313 12.6 9,225 22.7 112,643 23.0
De facto marriage (b) 505 20.3 6,524 16.1 81,295 16.6
Not married 1,660 66.9 24,834 61.2 296,032 60.4

(a) In December 2017, amendments to the Marriage Act 1961 came into effect enabling marriage equality for all couples. For 2021, registered marriages include all couples.
(b) De facto marriage is when two people live together as partners who are not in a registered marriage. It includes people who report de facto, partner, common law husband/wife/spouse, lover, girlfriend or boyfriend.

More information on Social marital status (MDCP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Education

Type of educational institution attending
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people attending an educational institution 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Preschool 58 4.9 2,597 9.7 25,485 8.0
Primary 174 14.6 9,527 35.6 120,864 37.9
Secondary 189 15.9 6,546 24.5 83,631 26.2
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 132 11.1 2,099 7.8 21,273 6.7
Tertiary - University or higher education 516 43.3 2,559 9.6 21,149 6.6
Other 35 2.9 846 3.2 7,310 2.3
Not stated 81 6.8 2,589 9.7 38,814 12.2

More information Type of educational institution attending (TYPP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Level of highest educational attainment
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 918 31.8 5,072 11.4 40,554 7.4
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 283 9.8 3,752 8.4 34,681 6.3
Certificate level IV 144 5.0 2,564 5.8 23,374 4.3
Certificate level III 289 10.0 7,034 15.8 84,821 15.5
Year 12 593 20.5 6,462 14.5 82,998 15.2
Year 11 114 3.9 3,444 7.7 43,335 7.9
Year 10 196 6.8 6,388 14.3 102,707 18.8
Certificate level II 0 0.0 89 0.2 1,262 0.2
Certificate level I 0 0.0 11 0.0 241 0.0
Year 9 or below 169 5.9 5,756 12.9 75,326 13.8
Inadequately described 52 1.8 865 1.9 11,038 2.0
No educational attainment 13 0.5 378 0.8 5,242 1.0
Not stated 113 3.9 2,755 6.2 41,467 7.6

More information on Level of highest educational attainment (HEAP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Cultural diversity

Australian Indigenous language, top responses
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Aboriginal English, so described 19 0.6 76 0.1 1,371 0.2
Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd 11 0.3 236 0.4 4,197 0.5
Yawuru 7 0.2 11 0.0 145 0.0
Meriam Mir 6 0.2 8 0.0 256 0.0
Murrinh Patha 5 0.1 19 0.0 2,063 0.3
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Australian Indigenous languages used at home 106 3.2 1,010 1.5 76,978 9.5
English only used at home 2,995 89.5 60,322 91.9 683,122 84.1

More information on Language used at home (LANP), Whether reported using an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander language at home (LNGP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Ancestry, top responses
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal 2,806 83.9 55,667 84.8 695,359 85.6
Australian 1,162 34.7 25,293 38.5 277,467 34.1
English 635 19.0 13,172 20.1 131,618 16.2
Irish 285 8.5 3,814 5.8 31,853 3.9
Scottish 187 5.6 2,743 4.2 24,549 3.0

Note 1: Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry multi response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the sum of all ancestry responses for an area will not equal the total number of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in the area.
Note 2: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of the number of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in the area (including those who did not state an ancestry). In 2016 QuickStats percentages were based on total number of responses and will not be comparable to this table.

More information on Ancestry multi response (ANCP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Income and work

Participation in the labour force
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
In the labour force 2,040 70.7 26,084 58.5 296,172 54.1
Not in the labour force 802 27.8 17,317 38.8 234,314 42.8
Not stated 47 1.6 1,182 2.7 16,695 3.1

Note 1: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 and over in the area.
Note 2: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.
Note 3: For information on Community Development Program participation (CDPP), please refer to the Census Dictionary. CDPP data is available in TableBuilder.

More information on Labour force status (LFSP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Employment status
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Employed  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked full-time 1,167 57.2 13,552 52.0 144,659 48.8
Worked part-time 558 27.4 7,833 30.0 87,019 29.4
Away from work (a) 175 8.6 2,207 8.5 28,075 9.5
Total employed 1,904 93.3 23,592 90.4 259,754 87.7
Unemployed 134 6.6 2,493 9.6 36,419 12.3

Note 1: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 and over, who reported being in the labour force in the area.
Note 2: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.
Note 3: For information on Community Development Program participation (CDPP), please refer to the Census Dictionary. CDPP data is available in TableBuilder.

(a) Counts employed people who reported 0 hours of work the week before the Census or did not state their hours of work.

More information on Labour force status (LFSP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Occupation, top responses
Employed Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Professionals 632 33.2 3,960 16.8 36,013 13.9
Community and Personal Service Workers 277 14.5 3,828 16.2 45,221 17.4
Clerical and Administrative Workers 272 14.3 2,722 11.5 30,731 11.8
Managers 263 13.8 2,378 10.1 21,218 8.2
Technicians and Trades Workers 147 7.7 3,330 14.1 35,333 13.6
Labourers 113 5.9 2,909 12.3 37,003 14.2
Sales Workers 107 5.6 2,026 8.6 22,365 8.6
Machinery Operators and Drivers 49 2.6 1,577 6.7 23,291 9.0

More information on Occupation (OCCP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Industry of employment, top responses
Employed Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
State Government Administration 97 5.1 574 2.4 5,577 2.1
Higher Education 95 5.0 390 1.7 2,302 0.9
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 87 4.6 837 3.5 9,313 3.6
Cafes and Restaurants 62 3.3 452 1.9 3,973 1.5
Legal Services 51 2.7 194 0.8 1,728 0.7

More information on Industry of employment (INDP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Median weekly incomes (a)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Personal (b) 902 N/A 619 N/A 540 N/A
Family (c) 2,347 N/A 1,638 N/A 1,527 N/A
Household (d) 1,940 N/A 1,565 N/A 1,507 N/A

(a) Incomes are collected in ranges. The medians are then calculated using information from the Survey of Income and Housing.
(b) Excludes people aged 15 years and over who did not state their income.
(c) Excludes families where at least one family member aged 15 years and over did not state their income.
(d) Excludes households where at least one household member aged 15 years and over did not state their income.

More information on Total personal income (weekly) (INCP), Total family income (weekly) (FINF), Total household income (weekly) (HIND), Indigenous household indicator (INGDWTD), Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander family indicator (INGF)
Personal income data is based on place of usual residence
Family and household income data is based on place of enumeration

Unpaid work and care

Unpaid work and care
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census Night) 2,057 71.2 27,873 62.5 328,022 59.9
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census Night) 398 13.8 12,363 27.7 166,628 30.5
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age (during two weeks before Census Night) 304 10.5 7,306 16.4 76,568 14.0
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 560 19.4 5,840 13.1 58,029 10.6

More information on Unpaid domestic work: number of hours (DOMP), Unpaid child care (CHCAREP), Unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition, or due to old age (UNCAREP), Voluntary work for an organisation or group (VOLWP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Health

Type of long-term health condition
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Arthritis 164 4.9 4,766 7.3 50,807 6.3
Asthma 537 16.0 10,632 16.2 107,162 13.2
Cancer (including remission) 71 2.1 1,237 1.9 12,927 1.6
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 12 0.4 275 0.4 3,610 0.4
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 128 3.8 3,195 4.9 47,688 5.9
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 86 2.6 2,388 3.6 30,160 3.7
Kidney disease 31 0.9 761 1.2 10,053 1.2
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 62 1.9 1,615 2.5 17,552 2.2
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 837 25.0 11,996 18.3 107,776 13.3
Stroke 25 0.7 728 1.1 7,059 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 349 10.4 6,894 10.5 70,592 8.7
No long-term health condition(s) 1,726 51.6 34,396 52.4 462,348 56.9
Not stated 164 4.9 4,811 7.3 65,539 8.1

Note 1: Measures the number of people who reported that they have been told by a doctor or nurse that they have any of these long-term health conditions.
Note 2: Respondents had the option of reporting multiple long-term health conditions. Therefore, the sum of all long-term health condition responses for an area will not equal the total number of people in the area.
Note 3: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of the number of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in the area (including those who did not answer the long-term health conditions question).

More information on Type of long-term health condition (LTHP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Count of selected long-term health conditions
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
None of the selected conditions 1,852 55.3 37,121 56.5 493,110 60.7
One condition 902 27.0 15,192 23.1 167,204 20.6
Two conditions 300 9.0 5,336 8.1 54,174 6.7
Three or more conditions 122 3.6 3,181 4.8 32,701 4.0
Not stated 164 4.9 4,811 7.3 65,539 8.1

Note: Selected long-term health conditions include arthritis, asthma, cancer (including remission), dementia (including Alzheimer's), diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes), heart disease (including heart attack or angina), kidney disease, lung condition (including COPD or emphysema), mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) and stroke. Other long-term health conditions are not included in this count.

More information on Count of selected long-term health conditions (CLTHP)
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Housing

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only households and other non-classifiable households) where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Number of dwellings requiring one or more extra bedroom(s) (a) 133 5.8 2,320 6.8 31,268 8.9
Average number of people per household 2.2 N/A 3 N/A 3.1 N/A
Average number of persons per bedroom 1 N/A 0.9 N/A 1 N/A
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 1.2 N/A 1.9 N/A 1.9 N/A

(a) The Canadian National Occupancy Standard for Housing Appropriateness is used to determine whether there are enough bedrooms in the dwelling for the usual residents. See Housing suitability information below for more details.

More information on Number of bedrooms in private dwelling (BEDD), Household composition (HHCD), Indigenous household indicator (INGDWTD), Housing suitability (HOSD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Mortgage and Rent
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only households and other non-classifiable households) where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent (a) $412 N/A $330 N/A $300 N/A
Median monthly mortgage repayments $2,226 N/A $1,600 N/A $1,721 N/A

(a) Median rent calculations exclude dwellings being occupied rent-free, this is not comparable to 2016 QuickStats data.

More information on Rent (weekly) dollar values (RNTD), Mortgage repayments (monthly) dollar values (MRED), Indigenous household indicator (INGDWTD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Family household composition
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only households and other non-classifiable households) where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 585 25.5 6,431 19.0 62,751 17.8
One family household: Couple family with children 257 11.2 9,640 28.4 104,435 29.7
One family household: One parent family 234 10.2 8,046 23.7 86,135 24.5
One family household: Other family 43 1.9 610 1.8 7,040 2.0
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 0 0.0 161 0.5 2,130 0.6
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 0 0.0 357 1.1 6,813 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 4 0.2 614 1.8 8,606 2.4
Multiple family household: Other family 0 0.0 15 0.0 412 0.1
Other household 1,170 50.9 8,019 23.7 73,717 20.9

Note: This table counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level. In multiple family households, only the family composition of the primary family is recorded. Other household includes lone person households and group households.

More information on Family household composition (dwelling) (HCFMD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Separate house 431 18.8 27,227 80.3 281,729 80.0
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc. 583 25.4 3,822 11.3 38,396 10.9
Flat or apartment 1,255 54.6 2,576 7.6 27,919 7.9
Other dwelling 21 0.9 219 0.6 2,861 0.8

More information on Dwelling structure (STRD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Tenure type
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only households and other non-classifiable households) where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		Melbourne - Inner % Melbourne - Inner Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Owned outright 183 8.0 5,219 15.4 48,452 13.8
Owned with a mortgage (a) 349 15.2 9,994 29.5 96,647 27.5
Rented (b) 1,701 74.0 17,377 51.3 192,703 54.7
Other (c) 27 1.2 488 1.4 5,582 1.6
Not stated 41 1.8 814 2.4 8,652 2.5

(a) Includes dwellings purchased under a shared equity scheme.
(b) Excludes dwellings being occupied rent-free, this is not comparable to 2016 QuickStats data.
(c) Comprises dwellings occupied rent-free, occupied under a life tenure scheme and other tenure type

More information on Tenure type (TEND)
Table based on place of enumeration

Please note that there are small random adjustments made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from table totals.