Melbourne - West

Latest release
2021 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Statistical Areas Level 4
Area code 213
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 7,018
Male 51.6%
Female 48.4%
Median age 25
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families 2,785
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 3,550
Average number of people per household 3
Median weekly household income $1,696
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,733
Median weekly rent (a) $351

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

Search QuickStats for another area

Map is loading.
Other 2021 Census products available for this area:
To view more QuickStats or Community Profiles for a different area, see Search Census data.

All tables refer to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons in Melbourne - West, unless otherwise stated.
Small random changes have been made to all cell values for privacy reasons. These changes may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from the table totals.

People and population

Indigenous status
All people 		Melbourne - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander total 7,018 0.8 65,646 1.0 812,728 3.2
Aboriginal 6,668 0.8 61,865 1.0 742,882 2.9
Torres Strait Islander 164 0.0 2,083 0.0 33,765 0.1
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 183 0.0 1,692 0.0 36,083 0.1
Non-Indigenous 805,338 94.4 6,148,188 94.5 23,375,949 91.9
Not stated 40,694 4.8 289,665 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Median age 25 N/A 24 N/A 24 N/A
0-4 years 777 11.1 7,014 10.7 85,941 10.6
5-14 years 1,397 19.9 14,052 21.4 179,604 22.1
15-24 years 1,206 17.2 11,966 18.2 150,057 18.5
25-34 years 1,312 18.7 10,115 15.4 117,969 14.5
35-44 years 861 12.3 7,006 10.7 87,910 10.8
45-54 years 694 9.9 6,576 10.0 81,802 10.1
55-64 years 461 6.6 4,961 7.6 61,759 7.6
65 years and over 312 4.4 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Married 1,051 21.7 9,966 22.4 127,525 23.3
Separated 207 4.3 1,979 4.4 23,982 4.4
Divorced 374 7.7 3,702 8.3 37,473 6.8
Widowed 95 2.0 1,232 2.8 16,329 3.0
Never married 3,119 64.4 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Registered marriage (a) 904 21.4 9,225 22.7 112,643 23.0
De facto marriage (b) 744 17.6 6,524 16.1 81,295 16.6
Not married 2,573 60.9 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Preschool 286 9.4 2,597 9.7 25,485 8.0
Primary 955 31.3 9,527 35.6 120,864 37.9
Secondary 632 20.7 6,546 24.5 83,631 26.2
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 207 6.8 2,099 7.8 21,273 6.7
Tertiary - University or higher education 295 9.7 2,559 9.6 21,149 6.6
Other 94 3.1 846 3.2 7,310 2.3
Not stated 573 18.8 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 525 10.8 5,072 11.4 40,554 7.4
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 403 8.3 3,752 8.4 34,681 6.3
Certificate level IV 260 5.4 2,564 5.8 23,374 4.3
Certificate level III 721 14.9 7,034 15.8 84,821 15.5
Year 12 644 13.3 6,462 14.5 82,998 15.2
Year 11 358 7.4 3,444 7.7 43,335 7.9
Year 10 938 19.4 6,388 14.3 102,707 18.8
Certificate level II 8 0.2 89 0.2 1,262 0.2
Certificate level I 0 0.0 11 0.0 241 0.0
Year 9 or below 560 11.6 5,756 12.9 75,326 13.8
Inadequately described 115 2.4 865 1.9 11,038 2.0
No educational attainment 44 0.9 378 0.8 5,242 1.0
Not stated 266 5.5 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Wiradjuri 21 0.3 80 0.1 1,479 0.2
Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd 20 0.3 236 0.4 4,197 0.5
Aboriginal English, so described 17 0.2 76 0.1 1,371 0.2
Djabwurrung 11 0.2 21 0.0 21 0.0
Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 8 0.1 85 0.1 2,863 0.4
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Australian Indigenous languages used at home 110 1.6 1,010 1.5 76,978 9.5
English only used at home 6,098 86.9 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal 5,734 81.7 55,667 84.8 695,359 85.6
Australian 2,646 37.7 25,293 38.5 277,467 34.1
English 1,256 17.9 13,172 20.1 131,618 16.2
Irish 376 5.4 3,814 5.8 31,853 3.9
Scottish 256 3.6 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
In the labour force 2,694 55.6 26,084 58.5 296,172 54.1
Not in the labour force 2,068 42.7 17,317 38.8 234,314 42.8
Not stated 80 1.7 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Employed  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked full-time 1,411 52.4 13,552 52.0 144,659 48.8
Worked part-time 740 27.5 7,833 30.0 87,019 29.4
Away from work (a) 255 9.5 2,207 8.5 28,075 9.5
Total employed 2,405 89.3 23,592 90.4 259,754 87.7
Unemployed 290 10.8 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Professionals 393 16.3 3,960 16.8 36,013 13.9
Community and Personal Service Workers 339 14.1 3,828 16.2 45,221 17.4
Clerical and Administrative Workers 334 13.9 2,722 11.5 30,731 11.8
Technicians and Trades Workers 327 13.6 3,330 14.1 35,333 13.6
Labourers 261 10.9 2,909 12.3 37,003 14.2
Managers 231 9.6 2,378 10.1 21,218 8.2
Machinery Operators and Drivers 229 9.5 1,577 6.7 23,291 9.0
Sales Workers 202 8.4 2,026 8.6 22,365 8.6

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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Takeaway Food Services 74 3.1 631 2.7 7,371 2.8
Road Freight Transport 73 3.0 296 1.3 3,378 1.3
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 71 3.0 837 3.5 9,313 3.6
State Government Administration 68 2.8 574 2.4 5,577 2.1
Other Social Assistance Services 67 2.8 878 3.7 10,154 3.9

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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Personal (b) 646 N/A 619 N/A 540 N/A
Family (c) 1,694 N/A 1,638 N/A 1,527 N/A
Household (d) 1,696 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census Night) 2,834 58.5 27,873 62.5 328,022 59.9
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census Night) 1,246 25.7 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) 772 15.9 7,306 16.4 76,568 14.0
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 497 10.3 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Arthritis 486 6.9 4,766 7.3 50,807 6.3
Asthma 1,150 16.4 10,632 16.2 107,162 13.2
Cancer (including remission) 125 1.8 1,237 1.9 12,927 1.6
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 18 0.3 275 0.4 3,610 0.4
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 321 4.6 3,195 4.9 47,688 5.9
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 214 3.0 2,388 3.6 30,160 3.7
Kidney disease 72 1.0 761 1.2 10,053 1.2
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 152 2.2 1,615 2.5 17,552 2.2
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 1,291 18.4 11,996 18.3 107,776 13.3
Stroke 66 0.9 728 1.1 7,059 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 747 10.6 6,894 10.5 70,592 8.7
No long-term health condition(s) 3,482 49.6 34,396 52.4 462,348 56.9
Not stated 771 11.0 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
None of the selected conditions 3,766 53.7 37,121 56.5 493,110 60.7
One condition 1,586 22.6 15,192 23.1 167,204 20.6
Two conditions 587 8.4 5,336 8.1 54,174 6.7
Three or more conditions 313 4.5 3,181 4.8 32,701 4.0
Not stated 771 11.0 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)
Table based on place of usual residence

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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Number of dwellings requiring one or more extra bedroom(s) (a) 219 6.2 2,320 6.8 31,268 8.9
Average number of people per household 3 N/A 3 N/A 3.1 N/A
Average number of persons per bedroom 0.9 N/A 0.9 N/A 1 N/A
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent (a) $351 N/A $330 N/A $300 N/A
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,733 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 668 18.8 6,431 19.0 62,751 17.8
One family household: Couple family with children 1,026 28.9 9,640 28.4 104,435 29.7
One family household: One parent family 910 25.6 8,046 23.7 86,135 24.5
One family household: Other family 55 1.5 610 1.8 7,040 2.0
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 13 0.4 161 0.5 2,130 0.6
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 44 1.2 357 1.1 6,813 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 86 2.4 614 1.8 8,606 2.4
Multiple family household: Other family 0 0.0 15 0.0 412 0.1
Other household 742 20.9 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Separate house 2,906 81.9 27,227 80.3 281,729 80.0
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc. 437 12.3 3,822 11.3 38,396 10.9
Flat or apartment 191 5.4 2,576 7.6 27,919 7.9
Other dwelling 8 0.2 219 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 - West % Melbourne - West Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Owned outright 427 12.0 5,219 15.4 48,452 13.8
Owned with a mortgage (a) 1,051 29.6 9,994 29.5 96,647 27.5
Rented (b) 1,949 54.9 17,377 51.3 192,703 54.7
Other (c) 42 1.2 488 1.4 5,582 1.6
Not stated 79 2.2 814 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.