West End

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2021 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats

Geography type Statistical Areas Level 2

Area code 305011112

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people	240
Male	46.7%
Female	53.3%
Median age	29

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families	70

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households	156
Average number of people per household	2.1
Median weekly household income	$1,669
Median monthly mortgage repayments	$2,084
Median weekly rent (a)	$405

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

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People and population

Indigenous status All people	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander total	240	1.6	237,303	4.6	812,728	3.2
Aboriginal	199	1.3	193,405	3.8	742,882	2.9
Torres Strait Islander	18	0.1	21,772	0.4	33,765	0.1
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	22	0.1	22,122	0.4	36,083	0.1
Non-Indigenous	13,971	93.4	4,635,042	89.9	23,375,949	91.9
Not stated	743	5.0	283,793	5.5	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Median age	29	N/A	23	N/A	24	N/A
0-4 years	12	5.0	25,731	10.8	85,941	10.6
5-14 years	23	9.6	54,439	22.9	179,604	22.1
15-24 years	55	22.9	44,204	18.6	150,057	18.5
25-34 years	48	20.0	33,612	14.2	117,969	14.5
35-44 years	44	18.3	25,219	10.6	87,910	10.8
45-54 years	29	12.1	23,680	10.0	81,802	10.1
55-64 years	20	8.3	17,354	7.3	61,759	7.6
65 years and over	10	4.2	13,065	5.5	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Married	15	7.5	33,341	21.2	127,525	23.3
Separated	9	4.5	6,967	4.4	23,982	4.4
Divorced	18	9.0	10,657	6.8	37,473	6.8
Widowed	0	0.0	4,181	2.7	16,329	3.0
Never married	161	80.9	101,985	64.9	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Registered marriage (a)	12	6.9	30,074	21.4	112,643	23.0
De facto marriage (b)	36	20.8	25,417	18.0	81,295	16.6
Not married	120	69.4	85,357	60.6	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Preschool	5	5.9	6,070	6.6	25,485	8.0
Primary	18	21.2	35,874	38.9	120,864	37.9
Secondary	12	14.1	26,207	28.4	83,631	26.2
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers)	9	10.6	4,967	5.4	21,273	6.7
Tertiary - University or higher education	38	44.7	6,362	6.9	21,149	6.6
Other	3	3.5	2,803	3.0	7,310	2.3
Not stated	4	4.7	9,970	10.8	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above	53	26.6	11,028	7.0	40,554	7.4
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level	27	13.6	10,614	6.8	34,681	6.3
Certificate level IV	8	4.0	6,227	4.0	23,374	4.3
Certificate level III	26	13.1	27,557	17.5	84,821	15.5
Year 12	40	20.1	28,526	18.2	82,998	15.2
Year 11	12	6.0	11,349	7.2	43,335	7.9
Year 10	9	4.5	28,737	18.3	102,707	18.8
Certificate level II	0	0.0	344	0.2	1,262	0.2
Certificate level I	0	0.0	52	0.0	241	0.0
Year 9 or below	15	7.5	18,908	12.0	75,326	13.8
Inadequately described	5	2.5	3,131	2.0	11,038	2.0
No educational attainment	0	0.0	1,193	0.8	5,242	1.0
Not stated	8	4.0	9,409	6.0	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec	5	2.1	1,292	0.5	2,863	0.4
null	null	null	null	null	null	null
Australian Indigenous languages used at home	5	2.1	19,018	8.0	76,978	9.5
English only used at home	208	86.7	202,342	85.3	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Australian Aboriginal	194	80.8	194,063	81.8	695,359	85.6
Australian	73	30.4	78,079	32.9	277,467	34.1
Torres Strait Islander	37	15.4	38,500	16.2	57,353	7.1
English	31	12.9	35,211	14.8	131,618	16.2
Irish	13	5.4	9,006	3.8	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). 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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
In the labour force	136	68.3	88,971	56.6	296,172	54.1
Not in the labour force	60	30.2	64,129	40.8	234,314	42.8
Not stated	0	0.0	4,029	2.6	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Employed	null	null	null	null	null	null
Worked full-time	71	52.2	42,934	48.3	144,659	48.8
Worked part-time	45	33.1	25,926	29.1	87,019	29.4
Away from work (a)	16	11.8	8,254	9.3	28,075	9.5
Total employed	128	94.1	77,118	86.7	259,754	87.7
Unemployed	15	11.0	11,853	13.3	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Professionals	41	32.0	9,392	12.2	36,013	13.9
Clerical and Administrative Workers	21	16.4	9,217	12.0	30,731	11.8
Community and Personal Service Workers	16	12.5	13,289	17.2	45,221	17.4
Managers	15	11.7	5,606	7.3	21,218	8.2
Technicians and Trades Workers	10	7.8	10,330	13.4	35,333	13.6
Sales Workers	10	7.8	7,120	9.2	22,365	8.6
Labourers	6	4.7	12,156	15.8	37,003	14.2
Machinery Operators and Drivers	3	2.3	7,488	9.7	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Cafes and Restaurants	8	6.2	1,328	1.7	3,973	1.5
Electrical Services	7	5.5	599	0.8	2,071	0.8
Defence	6	4.7	785	1.0	2,561	1.0
House Construction	5	3.9	505	0.7	1,907	0.7
Road and Bridge Construction	5	3.9	575	0.7	1,766	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Personal (b)	780	N/A	563	N/A	540	N/A
Family (c)	2,094	N/A	1,510	N/A	1,527	N/A
Household (d)	1,669	N/A	1,517	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census Night)	128	63.4	93,340	59.4	328,022	59.9
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census Night)	25	12.6	46,884	29.8	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)	19	9.5	20,506	13.1	76,568	14.0
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months)	44	22.1	16,824	10.7	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Arthritis	14	5.8	13,964	5.9	50,807	6.3
Asthma	36	15.0	30,328	12.8	107,162	13.2
Cancer (including remission)	3	1.2	3,684	1.6	12,927	1.6
Dementia (including Alzheimer's)	0	0.0	1,084	0.5	3,610	0.4
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes)	14	5.8	14,227	6.0	47,688	5.9
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina)	4	1.7	8,644	3.6	30,160	3.7
Kidney disease	0	0.0	2,678	1.1	10,053	1.2
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema)	3	1.2	4,813	2.0	17,552	2.2
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety)	48	20.0	29,713	12.5	107,776	13.3
Stroke	0	0.0	2,004	0.8	7,059	0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s)	21	8.8	20,408	8.6	70,592	8.7
No long-term health condition(s)	129	53.8	138,929	58.5	462,348	56.9
Not stated	13	5.4	17,857	7.5	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
None of the selected conditions	144	60.0	147,859	62.3	493,110	60.7
One condition	62	25.8	47,176	19.9	167,204	20.6
Two conditions	19	7.9	15,219	6.4	54,174	6.7
Three or more conditions	10	4.2	9,182	3.9	32,701	4.0
Not stated	13	5.4	17,857	7.5	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Number of dwellings requiring one or more extra bedroom(s) (a)	13	8.3	9,479	9.3	31,268	8.9
Average number of people per household	2.1	N/A	3.2	N/A	3.1	N/A
Average number of persons per bedroom	1.1	N/A	1	N/A	1	N/A
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling	1	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Median weekly rent (a)	$405	N/A	$305	N/A	$300	N/A
Median monthly mortgage repayments	$2,084	N/A	$1,670	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children	28	17.9	18,041	17.8	62,751	17.8
One family household: Couple family with children	19	12.2	30,193	29.7	104,435	29.7
One family household: One parent family	13	8.3	25,214	24.8	86,135	24.5
One family household: Other family	6	3.8	2,079	2.0	7,040	2.0
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children	0	0.0	570	0.6	2,130	0.6
Multiple family household: Couple family with children	0	0.0	2,042	2.0	6,813	1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family	0	0.0	2,678	2.6	8,606	2.4
Multiple family household: Other family	0	0.0	108	0.1	412	0.1
Other household	82	52.6	20,562	20.3	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Separate house	25	16.0	80,529	79.3	281,729	80.0
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc.	14	9.0	11,082	10.9	38,396	10.9
Flat or apartment	112	71.8	8,530	8.4	27,919	7.9
Other dwelling	0	0.0	1,003	1.0	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	West End	% West End	Queensland	% Queensland	Australia	% Australia
Owned outright	11	7.1	12,395	12.2	48,452	13.8
Owned with a mortgage (a)	12	7.7	26,096	25.7	96,647	27.5
Rented (b)	131	84.0	59,211	58.3	192,703	54.7
Other (c)	0	0.0	1,295	1.3	5,582	1.6
Not stated	0	0.0	2,502	2.5	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.