Latrobe (Tas.)

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2021 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Local Government Areas
Area code LGA63810
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 778
Male 50.9%
Female 49.1%
Median age 28
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families 333
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 405
Average number of people per household 2.9
Median weekly household income $1,437
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,300
Median weekly rent (a) $268

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

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People and population

Indigenous status
All people 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander total 778 6.3 30,186 5.4 812,728 3.2
Aboriginal 709 5.7 27,738 5.0 742,882 2.9
Torres Strait Islander 42 0.3 1,225 0.2 33,765 0.1
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 24 0.2 1,229 0.2 36,083 0.1
Non-Indigenous 11,048 89.0 501,521 89.9 23,375,949 91.9
Not stated 601 4.8 25,851 4.6 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Median age 28 N/A 25 N/A 24 N/A
0-4 years 63 8.1 2,875 9.5 85,941 10.6
5-14 years 156 20.1 6,635 22.0 179,604 22.1
15-24 years 138 17.7 5,325 17.6 150,057 18.5
25-34 years 100 12.9 4,019 13.3 117,969 14.5
35-44 years 76 9.8 3,266 10.8 87,910 10.8
45-54 years 71 9.1 3,105 10.3 81,802 10.1
55-64 years 82 10.5 2,663 8.8 61,759 7.6
65 years and over 92 11.8 2,304 7.6 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Married 194 34.9 5,806 28.1 127,525 23.3
Separated 19 3.4 888 4.3 23,982 4.4
Divorced 48 8.6 1,917 9.3 37,473 6.8
Widowed 26 4.7 688 3.3 16,329 3.0
Never married 266 47.8 11,383 55.0 341,871 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Registered marriage (a) 176 33.7 5,495 28.7 112,643 23.0
De facto marriage (b) 87 16.7 3,131 16.3 81,295 16.6
Not married 251 48.1 10,537 55.0 296,032 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Preschool 12 4.4 571 5.0 25,485 8.0
Primary 106 39.3 4,753 41.9 120,864 37.9
Secondary 92 34.1 3,218 28.4 83,631 26.2
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 24 8.9 868 7.7 21,273 6.7
Tertiary - University or higher education 19 7.0 704 6.2 21,149 6.6
Other 5 1.9 275 2.4 7,310 2.3
Not stated 11 4.1 952 8.4 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 24 4.3 1,445 7.0 40,554 7.4
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 42 7.6 1,167 5.6 34,681 6.3
Certificate level IV 29 5.2 831 4.0 23,374 4.3
Certificate level III 108 19.4 3,820 18.5 84,821 15.5
Year 12 63 11.3 2,802 13.5 82,998 15.2
Year 11 27 4.9 1,444 7.0 43,335 7.9
Year 10 144 25.9 4,700 22.7 102,707 18.8
Certificate level II 4 0.7 31 0.1 1,262 0.2
Certificate level I 0 0.0 3 0.0 241 0.0
Year 9 or below 79 14.2 2,729 13.2 75,326 13.8
Inadequately described 8 1.4 458 2.2 11,038 2.0
No educational attainment 0 0.0 85 0.4 5,242 1.0
Not stated 24 4.3 1,150 5.6 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd 3 0.4 32 0.1 4,197 0.5
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Australian Indigenous languages used at home 3 0.4 178 0.6 76,978 9.5
English only used at home 755 97.0 29,102 96.4 683,122 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal 612 78.7 24,735 81.9 695,359 85.6
Australian 358 46.0 13,173 43.6 277,467 34.1
English 239 30.7 7,851 26.0 131,618 16.2
Torres Strait Islander 48 6.2 1,665 5.5 57,353 7.1
Scottish 32 4.1 969 3.2 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
In the labour force 343 61.7 12,127 58.6 296,172 54.1
Not in the labour force 201 36.2 8,151 39.4 234,314 42.8
Not stated 10 1.8 398 1.9 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Employed  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked full-time 156 45.5 5,670 46.8 144,659 48.8
Worked part-time 128 37.3 4,350 35.9 87,019 29.4
Away from work (a) 35 10.2 873 7.2 28,075 9.5
Total employed 315 91.8 10,898 89.9 259,754 87.7
Unemployed 33 9.6 1,228 10.1 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Community and Personal Service Workers 55 17.5 1,798 16.5 45,221 17.4
Technicians and Trades Workers 54 17.1 1,613 14.8 35,333 13.6
Labourers 39 12.4 1,714 15.7 37,003 14.2
Sales Workers 38 12.1 1,201 11.0 22,365 8.6
Professionals 35 11.1 1,181 10.8 36,013 13.9
Machinery Operators and Drivers 32 10.2 913 8.4 23,291 9.0
Clerical and Administrative Workers 30 9.5 1,192 10.9 30,731 11.8
Managers 26 8.3 1,034 9.5 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 17 5.4 490 4.5 8,816 3.4
Other Social Assistance Services 16 5.1 469 4.3 10,154 3.9
Aged Care Residential Services 14 4.4 282 2.6 5,245 2.0
Takeaway Food Services 12 3.8 323 3.0 7,371 2.8
Road Freight Transport 12 3.8 169 1.6 3,378 1.3

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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Personal (b) 592 N/A 560 N/A 540 N/A
Family (c) 1,530 N/A 1,476 N/A 1,527 N/A
Household (d) 1,437 N/A 1,370 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census Night) 369 67.1 13,325 64.4 328,022 59.9
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census Night) 180 32.4 6,511 31.5 166,628 30.5
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age (during two weeks before Census Night) 91 16.4 3,299 16.0 76,568 14.0
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 77 13.8 2,809 13.6 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Arthritis 98 12.6 3,057 10.1 50,807 6.3
Asthma 116 14.9 4,864 16.1 107,162 13.2
Cancer (including remission) 10 1.3 655 2.2 12,927 1.6
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 0 0.0 124 0.4 3,610 0.4
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 39 5.0 1,539 5.1 47,688 5.9
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 37 4.8 1,114 3.7 30,160 3.7
Kidney disease 9 1.2 361 1.2 10,053 1.2
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 20 2.6 928 3.1 17,552 2.2
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 108 13.9 5,266 17.4 107,776 13.3
Stroke 11 1.4 311 1.0 7,059 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 74 9.5 3,020 10.0 70,592 8.7
No long-term health condition(s) 420 54.0 15,744 52.2 462,348 56.9
Not stated 46 5.9 1,899 6.3 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
None of the selected conditions 452 58.1 16,916 56.0 493,110 60.7
One condition 177 22.8 7,129 23.6 167,204 20.6
Two conditions 62 8.0 2,640 8.7 54,174 6.7
Three or more conditions 44 5.7 1,597 5.3 32,701 4.0
Not stated 46 5.9 1,899 6.3 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)
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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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Number of dwellings requiring one or more extra bedroom(s) (a) 19 4.7 957 6.4 31,268 8.9
Average number of people per household 2.9 N/A 2.9 N/A 3.1 N/A
Average number of persons per bedroom 0.9 N/A 1 N/A 1 N/A
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 2.3 N/A 2.1 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent (a) $268 N/A $265 N/A $300 N/A
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,300 N/A $1,300 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 111 27.4 3,239 21.6 62,751 17.8
One family household: Couple family with children 136 33.6 4,855 32.3 104,435 29.7
One family household: One parent family 62 15.3 3,254 21.7 86,135 24.5
One family household: Other family 7 1.7 200 1.3 7,040 2.0
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 0 0.0 52 0.3 2,130 0.6
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 12 3.0 154 1.0 6,813 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 0 0.0 187 1.2 8,606 2.4
Multiple family household: Other family 0 0.0 8 0.1 412 0.1
Other household 72 17.8 3,070 20.4 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Separate house 384 94.8 13,457 89.6 281,729 80.0
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc. 15 3.7 886 5.9 38,396 10.9
Flat or apartment 5 1.2 532 3.5 27,919 7.9
Other dwelling 7 1.7 107 0.7 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 		Latrobe (Tas.) % Latrobe (Tas.) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Owned outright 108 26.7 3,030 20.2 48,452 13.8
Owned with a mortgage (a) 153 37.8 5,280 35.2 96,647 27.5
Rented (b) 140 34.6 6,204 41.3 192,703 54.7
Other (c) 3 0.7 229 1.5 5,582 1.6
Not stated 4 1.0 274 1.8 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.