Cobar

2001 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Indigenous Locations
Area code ILOC0203501
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 261
Male 133
Female 128

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People

demographics | cultural & language diversity | employment

Demographics

People Cobar % Cobar Australia % Australia
Total Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 261 6.4 410,003 2.2
Male 133 51.0 202,954 49.5
Female 128 49.0 207,049 50.5

On Census Night 7th August 2001 in Cobar, 261 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were counted, 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female.

Age
People
Cobar % Cobar Australia % Australia
0-4 years 33 12.6 52,861 12.9
5-14 years 65 24.9 108,069 26.4
15-24 years 48 18.4 75,220 18.3
25-54 years 98 37.5 146,270 35.7
55-64 years 6 2.3 16,146 3.9
65 years and over 3 1.1 11,437 2.8

On Census Night 2001 in Cobar, of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, there were 98 children aged 0-14 years and 9 people aged 55 years and over.

Cultural & language diversity

Selected characteristics Cobar % Cobar Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religion 0 0.0 4,993 1.2
Speaks Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander languages 0 0.0 49,764 12.1

On Census Night 2001 in Cobar, 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were of Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religion and 0 spoke Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander languages.

Employment

Employment
People aged 15 years and over
Cobar % Cobar Australia % Australia
Employed 78 73.6 100,393 80.0
Unemployed 28 26.4 25,044 20.0
Not in the labour force 56 -- 115,422 --
Total labour force (includes employed and unemployed people) 106 -- 125,437 --

During the week prior to Census Night 2001 in Cobar, 106 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in the labour force. Of these 73.6% were employed, 26.4% were unemployed and 56 were not in the labour force.

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Data for this QuickStat has been sourced from the 2001 Basic Community Profile catalogue No. 2001.0 and the 2001 Indigenous Profile catalogue No. 2002.0. Indigenous Statistics are only available for selected geographic areas. The information contained in this QuickStat has been produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It contains data from the 2001 Census of Population & Housing held on 7 August 2001. Some values may have been adjusted to avoid release of confidential data. These adjustments may have a significant impact on the calculated percentages in QuickStats. For more information refer to Introduced Random Error. For further enquiries contact the ABS National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 | www.abs.gov.au/census

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