West Arnhem

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2021 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats

Geography type Statistical Areas Level 2

Area code 702031061

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people	4,729
Male	50.5%
Female	49.5%
Median age	25

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families	1,145

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households	706
Average number of people per household	5.6
Median weekly household income	$1,213
Median monthly mortgage repayments	$303
Median weekly rent (a)	$80

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

All tables refer to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons in West Arnhem, 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	West Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander total	4,729	90.9	61,115	26.3	812,728	3.2
Aboriginal	4,696	90.2	58,566	25.2	742,882	2.9
Torres Strait Islander	16	0.3	692	0.3	33,765	0.1
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	15	0.3	1,852	0.8	36,083	0.1
Non-Indigenous	367	7.1	152,705	65.6	23,375,949	91.9
Not stated	108	2.1	18,775	8.1	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 Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Median age	25	N/A	26	N/A	24	N/A
0-4 years	349	7.4	5,365	8.8	85,941	10.6
5-14 years	899	19.0	11,809	19.3	179,604	22.1
15-24 years	976	20.6	11,436	18.7	150,057	18.5
25-34 years	906	19.2	10,180	16.7	117,969	14.5
35-44 years	678	14.3	8,173	13.4	87,910	10.8
45-54 years	514	10.9	6,858	11.2	81,802	10.1
55-64 years	268	5.7	4,458	7.3	61,759	7.6
65 years and over	131	2.8	2,846	4.7	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 Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Married	2,017	58.0	15,538	35.4	127,525	23.3
Separated	90	2.6	1,527	3.5	23,982	4.4
Divorced	76	2.2	1,451	3.3	37,473	6.8
Widowed	169	4.9	2,043	4.6	16,329	3.0
Never married	1,123	32.3	23,389	53.2	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 Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Registered marriage (a)	1,522	46.1	11,406	30.0	112,643	23.0
De facto marriage (b)	105	3.2	4,659	12.2	81,295	16.6
Not married	1,674	50.7	22,023	57.8	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 Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Preschool	98	7.6	1,325	6.5	25,485	8.0
Primary	566	43.6	7,964	38.8	120,864	37.9
Secondary	370	28.5	4,658	22.7	83,631	26.2
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers)	17	1.3	536	2.6	21,273	6.7
Tertiary - University or higher education	5	0.4	626	3.1	21,149	6.6
Other	11	0.8	350	1.7	7,310	2.3
Not stated	225	17.3	5,064	24.7	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	West Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above	20	0.6	1,305	3.0	40,554	7.4
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level	32	0.9	1,139	2.6	34,681	6.3
Certificate level IV	26	0.7	1,019	2.3	23,374	4.3
Certificate level III	185	5.3	3,334	7.6	84,821	15.5
Year 12	551	15.8	5,976	13.6	82,998	15.2
Year 11	548	15.8	5,100	11.6	43,335	7.9
Year 10	890	25.6	9,124	20.8	102,707	18.8
Certificate level II	3	0.1	130	0.3	1,262	0.2
Certificate level I	4	0.1	90	0.2	241	0.0
Year 9 or below	666	19.1	9,421	21.4	75,326	13.8
Inadequately described	38	1.1	733	1.7	11,038	2.0
No educational attainment	51	1.5	1,387	3.2	5,242	1.0
Not stated	469	13.5	5,179	11.8	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 Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Kunwinjku	1,308	27.7	1,482	2.4	1,484	0.2
Burarra	1,130	23.9	1,211	2.0	1,225	0.2
Kuninjku	411	8.7	422	0.7	422	0.1
Ndjebbana (Gunavidji)	361	7.6	365	0.6	367	0.0
Maung	320	6.8	352	0.6	360	0.0
null	null	null	null	null	null	null
Australian Indigenous languages used at home	4,494	95.0	35,782	58.5	76,978	9.5
English only used at home	113	2.4	20,390	33.4	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	West Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Australian Aboriginal	4,673	98.8	56,364	92.2	695,359	85.6
Torres Strait Islander	38	0.8	2,203	3.6	57,353	7.1
Australian	32	0.7	6,423	10.5	277,467	34.1
English	11	0.2	2,685	4.4	131,618	16.2
Irish	10	0.2	850	1.4	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 Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
In the labour force	1,059	30.4	15,568	35.4	296,172	54.1
Not in the labour force	2,310	66.4	26,214	59.7	234,314	42.8
Not stated	117	3.4	2,164	4.9	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	West Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Employed	null	null	null	null	null	null
Worked full-time	285	26.9	7,324	47.0	144,659	48.8
Worked part-time	220	20.8	3,712	23.8	87,019	29.4
Away from work (a)	120	11.3	1,302	8.4	28,075	9.5
Total employed	630	59.5	12,329	79.2	259,754	87.7
Unemployed	428	40.4	3,239	20.8	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 Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Professionals	193	30.6	2,289	18.6	36,013	13.9
Community and Personal Service Workers	154	24.4	2,747	22.3	45,221	17.4
Labourers	70	11.1	1,388	11.3	37,003	14.2
Technicians and Trades Workers	50	7.9	1,300	10.5	35,333	13.6
Clerical and Administrative Workers	50	7.9	1,765	14.3	30,731	11.8
Managers	28	4.4	947	7.7	21,218	8.2
Machinery Operators and Drivers	23	3.7	690	5.6	23,291	9.0
Sales Workers	20	3.2	638	5.2	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	West Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Local Government Administration	116	18.4	1,025	8.3	6,639	2.6
Combined Primary and Secondary Education	84	13.3	653	5.3	3,592	1.4
Nature Reserves and Conservation Parks Operation	57	9.0	252	2.0	933	0.4
Other Social Assistance Services	44	7.0	456	3.7	10,154	3.9
Other Allied Health Services	38	6.0	223	1.8	1,556	0.6

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	West Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Personal (b)	246	N/A	323	N/A	540	N/A
Family (c)	675	N/A	947	N/A	1,527	N/A
Household (d)	1,213	N/A	1,318	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 Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census Night)	3,064	88.0	28,806	65.6	328,022	59.9
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census Night)	2,299	66.1	19,556	44.5	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)	516	14.8	5,874	13.4	76,568	14.0
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months)	155	4.5	2,551	5.8	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 Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Arthritis	36	0.8	1,151	1.9	50,807	6.3
Asthma	253	5.3	3,178	5.2	107,162	13.2
Cancer (including remission)	15	0.3	376	0.6	12,927	1.6
Dementia (including Alzheimer's)	8	0.2	306	0.5	3,610	0.4
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes)	248	5.2	4,258	7.0	47,688	5.9
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina)	418	8.8	3,161	5.2	30,160	3.7
Kidney disease	116	2.5	1,216	2.0	10,053	1.2
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema)	72	1.5	673	1.1	17,552	2.2
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety)	110	2.3	2,237	3.7	107,776	13.3
Stroke	24	0.5	322	0.5	7,059	0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s)	341	7.2	3,562	5.8	70,592	8.7
No long-term health condition(s)	3,246	68.6	41,155	67.3	462,348	56.9
Not stated	286	6.0	5,339	8.7	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 Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
None of the selected conditions	3,461	73.2	43,456	71.1	493,110	60.7
One condition	751	15.9	9,255	15.1	167,204	20.6
Two conditions	161	3.4	2,063	3.4	54,174	6.7
Three or more conditions	66	1.4	1,000	1.6	32,701	4.0
Not stated	286	6.0	5,339	8.7	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 Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Number of dwellings requiring one or more extra bedroom(s) (a)	489	69.3	4,385	28.7	31,268	8.9
Average number of people per household	5.6	N/A	3.8	N/A	3.1	N/A
Average number of persons per bedroom	2.1	N/A	1.4	N/A	1	N/A
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling	0.4	N/A	1.2	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 Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Median weekly rent (a)	$80	N/A	$130	N/A	$300	N/A
Median monthly mortgage repayments	$303	N/A	$2,000	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 Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children	48	6.8	2,082	13.6	62,751	17.8
One family household: Couple family with children	188	26.6	4,322	28.3	104,435	29.7
One family household: One parent family	73	10.3	3,021	19.8	86,135	24.5
One family household: Other family	19	2.7	471	3.1	7,040	2.0
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children	35	5.0	249	1.6	2,130	0.6
Multiple family household: Couple family with children	202	28.6	1,276	8.4	6,813	1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family	92	13.0	973	6.4	8,606	2.4
Multiple family household: Other family	17	2.4	100	0.7	412	0.1
Other household	38	5.4	2,768	18.1	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 Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Separate house	647	91.6	11,789	77.3	281,729	80.0
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc.	46	6.5	1,916	12.6	38,396	10.9
Flat or apartment	0	0.0	1,286	8.4	27,919	7.9
Other dwelling	10	1.4	160	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 Arnhem	% West Arnhem	Northern Territory	% Northern Territory	Australia	% Australia
Owned outright	5	0.7	960	6.3	48,452	13.8
Owned with a mortgage (a)	0	0.0	2,459	16.1	96,647	27.5
Rented (b)	625	88.5	10,583	69.4	192,703	54.7
Other (c)	63	8.9	774	5.1	5,582	1.6
Not stated	11	1.6	475	3.1	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.