Woollahra

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2021 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Local Government Areas
Area code LGA18500
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 176
Male 53.1%
Female 46.9%
Median age 28
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families 69
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 115
Average number of people per household 2.6
Median weekly household income $3,250
Median monthly mortgage repayments $3,400
Median weekly rent (a) $690

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

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People and population

Indigenous status
All people 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander total 176 0.3 278,043 3.4 812,728 3.2
Aboriginal 151 0.3 267,067 3.3 742,882 2.9
Torres Strait Islander 11 0.0 5,127 0.1 33,765 0.1
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 10 0.0 5,844 0.1 36,083 0.1
Non-Indigenous 51,097 95.5 7,404,499 91.7 23,375,949 91.9
Not stated 2,225 4.2 389,616 4.8 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median age 28 N/A 23 N/A 24 N/A
0-4 years 6 3.4 30,241 10.9 85,941 10.6
5-14 years 25 14.2 62,324 22.4 179,604 22.1
15-24 years 37 21.0 51,501 18.5 150,057 18.5
25-34 years 45 25.6 38,615 13.9 117,969 14.5
35-44 years 20 11.4 28,167 10.1 87,910 10.8
45-54 years 20 11.4 27,429 9.9 81,802 10.1
55-64 years 10 5.7 21,794 7.8 61,759 7.6
65 years and over 12 6.8 17,973 6.5 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Married 28 19.6 43,039 23.2 127,525 23.3
Separated 0 0.0 8,396 4.5 23,982 4.4
Divorced 12 8.4 14,070 7.6 37,473 6.8
Widowed 0 0.0 5,314 2.9 16,329 3.0
Never married 101 70.6 114,656 61.8 341,871 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Registered marriage (a) 23 18.9 40,143 23.6 112,643 23.0
De facto marriage (b) 33 27.0 26,796 15.8 81,295 16.6
Not married 68 55.7 102,951 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Preschool 0 0.0 10,714 9.6 25,485 8.0
Primary 17 26.2 42,010 37.6 120,864 37.9
Secondary 20 30.8 29,355 26.2 83,631 26.2
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 5 7.7 9,856 8.8 21,273 6.7
Tertiary - University or higher education 15 23.1 7,490 6.7 21,149 6.6
Other 0 0.0 1,736 1.6 7,310 2.3
Not stated 0 0.0 10,664 9.5 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 58 40.6 15,318 8.3 40,554 7.4
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 8 5.6 13,047 7.0 34,681 6.3
Certificate level IV 0 0.0 8,858 4.8 23,374 4.3
Certificate level III 17 11.9 30,206 16.3 84,821 15.5
Year 12 24 16.8 24,609 13.3 82,998 15.2
Year 11 5 3.5 12,135 6.5 43,335 7.9
Year 10 8 5.6 34,013 18.3 102,707 18.8
Certificate level II 0 0.0 479 0.3 1,262 0.2
Certificate level I 0 0.0 52 0.0 241 0.0
Year 9 or below 5 3.5 27,113 14.6 75,326 13.8
Inadequately described 3 2.1 4,005 2.2 11,038 2.0
No educational attainment 0 0.0 1,048 0.6 5,242 1.0
Not stated 8 5.6 14,591 7.9 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd 4 2.3 804 0.3 4,197 0.5
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Australian Indigenous languages used at home 0 0.0 5,196 1.9 76,978 9.5
English only used at home 158 89.8 259,148 93.2 683,122 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal 137 77.8 242,826 87.3 695,359 85.6
Australian 58 33.0 111,896 40.2 277,467 34.1
English 31 17.6 52,059 18.7 131,618 16.2
Torres Strait Islander 14 8.0 7,918 2.8 57,353 7.1
Irish 14 8.0 12,357 4.4 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
In the labour force 108 75.5 104,856 56.5 296,172 54.1
Not in the labour force 32 22.4 75,902 40.9 234,314 42.8
Not stated 4 2.8 4,722 2.5 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Employed  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked full-time 73 67.6 51,298 48.9 144,659 48.8
Worked part-time 24 22.2 31,894 30.4 87,019 29.4
Away from work (a) 11 10.2 11,341 10.8 28,075 9.5
Total employed 99 91.7 94,534 90.2 259,754 87.7
Unemployed 3 2.8 10,322 9.8 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Professionals 39 39.4 12,938 13.7 36,013 13.9
Community and Personal Service Workers 15 15.2 16,851 17.8 45,221 17.4
Clerical and Administrative Workers 14 14.1 10,727 11.3 30,731 11.8
Managers 13 13.1 7,823 8.3 21,218 8.2
Technicians and Trades Workers 6 6.1 13,208 14.0 35,333 13.6
Sales Workers 5 5.1 8,639 9.1 22,365 8.6
Labourers 4 4.0 13,418 14.2 37,003 14.2

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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Defence 8 8.1 773 0.8 2,561 1.0
Legal Services 6 6.1 667 0.7 1,728 0.7
State Government Administration 5 5.1 1,997 2.1 5,577 2.1
Police Services 5 5.1 766 0.8 2,108 0.8
Primary Education 4 4.0 2,496 2.6 6,313 2.4

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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Personal (b) 1,341 N/A 600 N/A 540 N/A
Family (c) 4,549 N/A 1,636 N/A 1,527 N/A
Household (d) 3,250 N/A 1,558 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census Night) 97 66.9 110,089 59.4 328,022 59.9
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census Night) 27 18.9 53,152 28.7 166,628 30.5
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age (during two weeks before Census Night) 17 11.9 27,147 14.6 76,568 14.0
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 23 16.1 19,979 10.8 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Arthritis 8 4.5 20,559 7.4 50,807 6.3
Asthma 12 6.8 42,047 15.1 107,162 13.2
Cancer (including remission) 0 0.0 5,090 1.8 12,927 1.6
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 0 0.0 1,168 0.4 3,610 0.4
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 0 0.0 15,018 5.4 47,688 5.9
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 0 0.0 9,917 3.6 30,160 3.7
Kidney disease 0 0.0 3,298 1.2 10,053 1.2
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 0 0.0 7,101 2.6 17,552 2.2
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 20 11.4 42,533 15.3 107,776 13.3
Stroke 0 0.0 2,577 0.9 7,059 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 0 0.0 25,483 9.2 70,592 8.7
No long-term health condition(s) 127 72.2 151,423 54.5 462,348 56.9
Not stated 7 4.0 20,971 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
None of the selected conditions 129 73.3 161,915 58.2 493,110 60.7
One condition 33 18.8 61,953 22.3 167,204 20.6
Two conditions 6 3.4 20,494 7.4 54,174 6.7
Three or more conditions 0 0.0 12,706 4.6 32,701 4.0
Not stated 7 4.0 20,971 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Number of dwellings requiring one or more extra bedroom(s) (a) 9 7.8 9,059 7.1 31,268 8.9
Average number of people per household 2.6 N/A 3.1 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 1.4 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent (a) $690 N/A $340 N/A $300 N/A
Median monthly mortgage repayments $3,400 N/A $1,755 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 30 26.1 23,297 18.2 62,751 17.8
One family household: Couple family with children 25 21.7 38,705 30.2 104,435 29.7
One family household: One parent family 4 3.5 31,924 24.9 86,135 24.5
One family household: Other family 6 5.2 2,314 1.8 7,040 2.0
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 0 0.0 784 0.6 2,130 0.6
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 0 0.0 2,040 1.6 6,813 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 0 0.0 2,759 2.2 8,606 2.4
Multiple family household: Other family 0 0.0 84 0.1 412 0.1
Other household 42 36.5 26,407 20.6 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Separate house 17 14.8 102,340 79.8 281,729 80.0
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc. 27 23.5 12,581 9.8 38,396 10.9
Flat or apartment 72 62.6 12,013 9.4 27,919 7.9
Other dwelling 0 0.0 1,018 0.8 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 		Woollahra % Woollahra New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Owned outright 16 13.9 20,418 15.9 48,452 13.8
Owned with a mortgage (a) 30 26.1 36,603 28.5 96,647 27.5
Rented (b) 66 57.4 66,587 51.9 192,703 54.7
Other (c) 3 2.6 1,837 1.4 5,582 1.6
Not stated 0 0.0 2,878 2.2 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.