Queensland

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2021 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type State/Territory
Area code 3
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 237,303
Male 49.3%
Female 50.7%
Median age 23
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families 82,022
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 101,498
Average number of people per household 3.2
Median weekly household income $1,517
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,670
Median weekly rent (a) $305

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

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People and population

Indigenous status
All people 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander total 237,303 4.6 186,484 4.0 812,728 3.2
Aboriginal 193,405 3.8 148,940 3.2 742,882 2.9
Torres Strait Islander 21,772 0.4 21,053 0.4 33,765 0.1
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 22,122 0.4 16,489 0.4 36,083 0.1
Non-Indigenous 4,635,042 89.9 4,211,019 89.5 23,375,949 91.9
Not stated 283,793 5.5 305,688 6.5 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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Median age 23 N/A 22 N/A 24 N/A
0-4 years 25,731 10.8 21,854 11.7 85,941 10.6
5-14 years 54,439 22.9 44,223 23.7 179,604 22.1
15-24 years 44,204 18.6 35,879 19.2 150,057 18.5
25-34 years 33,612 14.2 24,524 13.2 117,969 14.5
35-44 years 25,219 10.6 20,757 11.1 87,910 10.8
45-54 years 23,680 10.0 18,745 10.1 81,802 10.1
55-64 years 17,354 7.3 12,310 6.6 61,759 7.6
65 years and over 13,065 5.5 8,199 4.4 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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Married 33,341 21.2 26,262 21.8 127,525 23.3
Separated 6,967 4.4 5,216 4.3 23,982 4.4
Divorced 10,657 6.8 7,871 6.5 37,473 6.8
Widowed 4,181 2.7 3,491 2.9 16,329 3.0
Never married 101,985 64.9 77,563 64.4 341,871 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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Registered marriage (a) 30,074 21.4 22,452 21.1 112,643 23.0
De facto marriage (b) 25,417 18.0 18,995 17.9 81,295 16.6
Not married 85,357 60.6 64,805 61.0 296,032 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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Preschool 6,070 6.6 3,598 4.9 25,485 8.0
Primary 35,874 38.9 29,135 39.8 120,864 37.9
Secondary 26,207 28.4 19,599 26.8 83,631 26.2
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 4,967 5.4 3,182 4.3 21,273 6.7
Tertiary - University or higher education 6,362 6.9 4,644 6.3 21,149 6.6
Other 2,803 3.0 1,746 2.4 7,310 2.3
Not stated 9,970 10.8 11,357 15.5 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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Bachelor Degree level and above 11,028 7.0 6,495 5.4 40,554 7.4
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 10,614 6.8 7,155 5.9 34,681 6.3
Certificate level IV 6,227 4.0 3,806 3.2 23,374 4.3
Certificate level III 27,557 17.5 17,718 14.7 84,821 15.5
Year 12 28,526 18.2 21,284 17.7 82,998 15.2
Year 11 11,349 7.2 9,701 8.1 43,335 7.9
Year 10 28,737 18.3 21,474 17.8 102,707 18.8
Certificate level II 344 0.2 281 0.2 1,262 0.2
Certificate level I 52 0.0 58 0.0 241 0.0
Year 9 or below 18,908 12.0 15,282 12.7 75,326 13.8
Inadequately described 3,131 2.0 2,749 2.3 11,038 2.0
No educational attainment 1,193 0.8 916 0.8 5,242 1.0
Not stated 9,409 6.0 13,489 11.2 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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 7,380 3.1 5,743 3.1 7,596 0.9
Cape York Peninsula Languages, nec 2,691 1.1 852 0.5 2,688 0.3
Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd 1,407 0.6 2,234 1.2 4,197 0.5
Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 1,292 0.5 60 0.0 2,863 0.4
Wik Mungkan 947 0.4 441 0.2 953 0.1
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Australian Indigenous languages used at home 19,018 8.0 13,135 7.0 76,978 9.5
English only used at home 202,342 85.3 161,166 86.4 683,122 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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Australian Aboriginal 194,063 81.8 36,062 19.3 695,359 85.6
Australian 78,079 32.9 114,135 61.2 277,467 34.1
Torres Strait Islander 38,500 16.2 13,062 7.0 57,353 7.1
English 35,211 14.8 41,381 22.2 131,618 16.2
Irish 9,006 3.8 13,008 7.0 31,853 3.9

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).

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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
In the labour force 88,971 56.6 65,895 54.7 296,172 54.1
Not in the labour force 64,129 40.8 51,070 42.4 234,314 42.8
Not stated 4,029 2.6 3,448 2.9 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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Employed  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked full-time 42,934 48.3 30,838 46.8 144,659 48.8
Worked part-time 25,926 29.1 17,865 27.1 87,019 29.4
Away from work (a) 8,254 9.3 3,930 6.0 28,075 9.5
Total employed 77,118 86.7 52,641 79.9 259,754 87.7
Unemployed 11,853 13.3 13,253 20.1 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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Community and Personal Service Workers 13,289 17.2 8,932 17.0 45,221 17.4
Labourers 12,156 15.8 8,920 16.9 37,003 14.2
Technicians and Trades Workers 10,330 13.4 7,056 13.4 35,333 13.6
Professionals 9,392 12.2 6,198 11.8 36,013 13.9
Clerical and Administrative Workers 9,217 12.0 6,727 12.8 30,731 11.8
Machinery Operators and Drivers 7,488 9.7 5,128 9.7 23,291 9.0
Sales Workers 7,120 9.2 4,799 9.1 22,365 8.6
Managers 5,606 7.3 3,332 6.3 21,218 8.2

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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Other Social Assistance Services 3,030 3.9 1,349 2.6 10,154 3.9
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 2,897 3.8 1,810 3.4 9,313 3.6
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2,658 3.4 1,677 3.2 8,816 3.4
Takeaway Food Services 2,385 3.1 1,337 2.5 7,371 2.8
Local Government Administration 2,337 3.0 2,107 4.0 6,639 2.6

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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Personal (b) 563 N/A 453 N/A 540 N/A
Family (c) 1,510 N/A 1,201 N/A 1,527 N/A
Household (d) 1,517 N/A 1,222 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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census Night) 93,340 59.4 75,705 62.9 328,022 59.9
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census Night) 46,884 29.8 38,265 31.8 166,628 30.5
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age (during two weeks before Census Night) 20,506 13.1 15,171 12.6 76,568 14.0
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 16,824 10.7 18,302 15.2 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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Arthritis 13,964 5.9 N/A N/A 50,807 6.3
Asthma 30,328 12.8 N/A N/A 107,162 13.2
Cancer (including remission) 3,684 1.6 N/A N/A 12,927 1.6
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 1,084 0.5 N/A N/A 3,610 0.4
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 14,227 6.0 N/A N/A 47,688 5.9
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 8,644 3.6 N/A N/A 30,160 3.7
Kidney disease 2,678 1.1 N/A N/A 10,053 1.2
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 4,813 2.0 N/A N/A 17,552 2.2
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 29,713 12.5 N/A N/A 107,776 13.3
Stroke 2,004 0.8 N/A N/A 7,059 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 20,408 8.6 N/A N/A 70,592 8.7
No long-term health condition(s) 138,929 58.5 N/A N/A 462,348 56.9
Not stated 17,857 7.5 N/A N/A 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).
Note 4: 2016 comparison data is not available for this table. Long-term health conditions is a new question for the 2021 Census.

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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
None of the selected conditions 147,859 62.3 N/A N/A 493,110 60.7
One condition 47,176 19.9 N/A N/A 167,204 20.6
Two conditions 15,219 6.4 N/A N/A 54,174 6.7
Three or more conditions 9,182 3.9 N/A N/A 32,701 4.0
Not stated 17,857 7.5 N/A N/A 65,539 8.1

Note 1: 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.
Note 2: 2016 comparison data is not available for this table. Long-term health conditions is a new question for the 2021 Census.

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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Number of dwellings requiring one or more extra bedroom(s) (a) 9,479 9.3 7,592 10.2 31,268 8.9
Average number of people per household 3.2 N/A 3.3 N/A 3.1 N/A
Average number of persons per bedroom 1 N/A 1 N/A 1 N/A
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 1.9 N/A 1.7 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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Median weekly rent (a) $305 N/A $270 N/A $300 N/A
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,670 N/A $1,733 N/A $1,721 N/A

(a) Median rent calculations exclude dwellings being occupied rent-free. The 2016 figure presented above is conceptually comparable with the 2021 data, however this is not comparable with historical QuickStats as dwellings being occupied rent-free were included in the rented categories.

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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
One family household: Couple family with no children 18,041 17.8 11,880 15.9 62,751 17.8
One family household: Couple family with children 30,193 29.7 23,615 31.6 104,435 29.7
One family household: One parent family 25,214 24.8 19,236 25.7 86,135 24.5
One family household: Other family 2,079 2.0 1,624 2.2 7,040 2.0
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 570 0.6 575 0.8 2,130 0.6
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 2,042 2.0 1,377 1.8 6,813 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 2,678 2.6 1,703 2.3 8,606 2.4
Multiple family household: Other family 108 0.1 122 0.2 412 0.1
Other household 20,562 20.3 14,575 19.5 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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Separate house 80,529 79.3 60,181 80.5 281,729 80.0
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc. 11,082 10.9 6,988 9.4 38,396 10.9
Flat or apartment 8,530 8.4 6,285 8.4 27,919 7.9
Other dwelling 1,003 1.0 906 1.2 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 		Queensland, 2021 % Queensland, 2021 Queensland, 2016 % Queensland, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Owned outright 12,395 12.2 7,725 10.3 48,452 13.8
Owned with a mortgage (a) 26,096 25.7 17,631 23.6 96,647 27.5
Rented (b) 59,211 58.3 45,551 61.0 192,703 54.7
Other (c) 1,295 1.3 1,054 1.4 5,582 1.6
Not stated 2,502 2.5 2,747 3.7 8,652 2.5

(a) Includes dwellings purchased under a shared equity scheme.
(b) Excludes dwellings being occupied rent-free. The 2016 figure presented above is conceptually comparable with the 2021 data, however this is not comparable with historical QuickStats as dwellings being occupied rent-free were included in the rented categories.
(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.