Toomelah

2016 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Indigenous Locations
Area code ILOC10200804
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 205
Male 45.1%
Female 54.9%
Median age 21
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 51
Average people per household 4.2
Median weekly household income $762
Median monthly mortgage repayments $0
Median weekly rent $100

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People

demographics & education | cultural & language diversity | employment

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Aboriginal 205 100.0 207,250 95.9 590,062 90.9
Torres Strait Islander 0 0.0 4,840 2.2 32,344 5.0
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 0 0.0 4,080 1.9 26,767 4.1

For the 2016 Census in Toomelah, there were 205 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 45.1% were male and 54.9% were female.

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Age Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median age 21 -- 22 -- 23 --
0-4 years 27 13.1 24,956 11.5 73,265 11.3
5-14 years 45 21.8 49,311 22.8 147,134 22.7
15-24 years 40 19.4 41,327 19.1 123,719 19.1
25-34 years 24 11.7 27,767 12.8 88,861 13.7
35-44 years 29 14.1 22,886 10.6 72,394 11.2
45-54 years 21 10.2 22,421 10.4 67,415 10.4
55-64 years 9 4.4 15,934 7.4 45,433 7.0
65 years and over 11 5.3 11,576 5.4 30,952 4.8

In Toomelah, the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 21 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 36.5% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 5.3% were people aged 65 years and over.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Married 13 9.8 33,345 23.5 105,086 24.5
Separated 0 0.0 6,715 4.7 19,112 4.5
Divorced 0 0.0 10,931 7.7 28,796 6.7
Widowed 0 0.0 4,357 3.1 13,794 3.2
Never married 119 90.2 86,555 61.0 261,980 61.1

In Toomelah, 9.8% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 0.0% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 13 10.1 29,736 23.4 86,716 23.1
De facto marriage 16 12.4 18,245 14.4 60,051 16.0
Not married 100 77.5 78,875 62.2 228,281 60.9

In Toomelah, 10.1% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education attendance Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Pre-school 4 7.0 7,286 8.2 16,698 6.4
Primary 37 64.9 33,034 37.1 97,859 37.5
Secondary 16 28.1 22,640 25.4 65,208 25.0
Technical or further education institution 0 0.0 6,508 7.3 14,227 5.5
University or tertiary institution 0 0.0 5,623 6.3 15,489 5.9
Other 0 0.0 1,420 1.6 5,047 1.9
Not stated 0 0.0 12,589 14.1 46,428 17.8

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Toomelah, 29.1% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 64.9% were attending a primary school, 28.1% were attending a secondary school and 0.0% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 3 2.3 9,510 6.7 24,911 5.8
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 3 2.3 8,908 6.3 23,795 5.5
Certificate level IV 0 0.0 5,294 3.7 14,308 3.3
Certificate level III 11 8.5 20,305 14.3 56,625 13.2
Year 12 10 7.8 17,641 12.4 59,949 14.0
Year 11 14 10.9 9,222 6.5 34,674 8.1
Year 10 26 20.2 26,665 18.8 77,265 18.0
Certificate level II 0 0.0 475 0.3 1,215 0.3
Certificate level I 0 0.0 45 0.0 241 0.1
Year 9 or below 39 30.2 23,512 16.6 64,604 15.1
No educational attainment 4 3.1 792 0.6 4,256 1.0
Not stated 17 13.2 15,835 11.2 56,698 13.2

Of people aged 15 and over in Toomelah, 7.8% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 10.9% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 2.3% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Australian Indigenous language, top responses Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
English only spoken at home 192 94.1 204,018 94.4 544,491 83.9

English was the only language spoken at home by 94.1% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Toomelah. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

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Ancestry, top responses Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal 195 93.8 29,526 9.8 140,480 15.8
English 10 4.8 60,982 20.2 152,758 17.2
Australian 3 1.4 150,901 49.9 399,843 45.0

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 total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Toomelah (including those who did not state an ancestry).

The only responses for ancestry for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Toomelah were Australian Aboriginal 93.8%, English 4.8% and Australian 1.4%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 4 28.6 38,368 49.7 106,960 48.0
Worked part-time 4 28.6 22,333 29.0 61,049 27.4
Away from work 3 21.4 4,612 6.0 14,143 6.4
Unemployed 3 21.4 11,827 15.3 40,486 18.2
Not in the labour force 112 84.2 60,973 43.0 190,132 44.3

There were 14 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Toomelah. Of these 28.6% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 21.4% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Occupation, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Community and Personal Service Workers 4 100.0 11,165 17.1 30,991 17.0

The only response for occupations for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Toomelah was Community and Personal Service Workers 100.0%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Primary Education 3 100.0 1,832 2.8 4,897 2.7

The only response for industry of employment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Toomelah was Primary Education 100.0%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Personal 325 -- 472 -- 441 --
Household 762 -- 1,214 -- 1,203 --

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Toomelah was $325 and the median weekly household income was $762.

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 96 75.6 86,767 61.1 263,334 61.4
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 23 18.0 42,758 30.1 136,079 31.7
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 21 16.4 20,600 14.5 58,541 13.7
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 25 19.5 21,598 15.2 63,303 14.8

In Toomelah, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.0% provided care for children and 16.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Dwellings

dwelling characteristics | dwelling structure

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 4.2 -- 3.1 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 0.9 -- 1 -- 1 --
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 0.8 -- 1.8 -- 1.7 --

There has been change in methodology used to calculate the average number of persons per bedroom. To compare the time series for average number of persons per bedroom please refer to Understanding the Census and Census Data

In Toomelah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2 persons, with 0.9 persons per bedroom and 0.8 registered motor vehicles per dwelling.

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Housing costs
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 100 -- 270 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 0 -- 1,733 -- 1,660 --

In Toomelah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.

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Family household composition
Counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level
Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 0 0.0 15,498 16.2 42,536 16.2
One family household: Couple family with children 10 22.7 29,267 30.6 80,803 30.7
One family household: One parent family 17 38.6 25,476 26.7 67,528 25.7
One family household: Other family 0 0.0 1,801 1.9 5,547 2.1
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 0 0.0 742 0.8 2,223 0.8
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 3 6.8 1,456 1.5 4,951 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 7 15.9 1,862 1.9 5,768 2.2
Multiple family household: Other family 0 0.0 92 0.1 471 0.2
Other household 7 15.9 19,295 20.2 53,195 20.2

In Toomelah, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 0.0% were a couple family with no children, 29.5% were a couple family with children and 54.5% were a one parent family.

In multiple family households, only the family composition of the primary family is recorded. Other household includes lone person households and group households.

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Dwelling structure

Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Separate house 51 100.0 75,718 79.7 211,205 80.7
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 0 0.0 9,282 9.8 27,017 10.3
Flat or apartment 0 0.0 8,821 9.3 20,580 7.9
Other dwelling 0 0.0 1,144 1.2 2,897 1.1

In Toomelah there were 51 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Toomelah % Toomelah New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Owned outright 0 0.0 13,854 14.5 32,045 12.2
Owned with a mortgage 0 0.0 26,061 27.3 68,085 25.9
Rented 49 100.0 51,327 53.8 150,832 57.3
Other tenure type 0 0.0 696 0.7 1,888 0.7
Tenure type not stated 0 0.0 3,553 3.7 10,182 3.9

In Toomelah, of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 100.0% were rented.

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Data reported for Australia and Other Territories now includes Norfolk Island, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. Because Norfolk Island has not previously been included in the Census, any 2011 benchmarks will not include Norfolk Island.