Sale

Demographics & education

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

For the 2016 Census in Sale, there were 236 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 43.5% were male and 56.5% were female.

View the data quality statements for: Place of Usual Residence (PURP) Indigenous status (INGP)

In Sale, the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 20 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 35.8% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 4.6% were people aged 65 years and over.

In Sale, 19.0% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 15.8% were either divorced or separated.

In Sale, 20.0% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 15.3% were in a de facto marriage.

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Sale, 39.6% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 50.5% were attending a primary school, 22.0% were attending a secondary school and 8.8% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in Sale, 13.8% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 19.3% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 4.1% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

English was the only language spoken at home by 91.8% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Sale. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

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 Sale (including those who did not state an ancestry).

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Sale, the most common ancestries were Australian 52.7%, English 22.3%, Australian Aboriginal 9.7%, Irish 4.4% and Scottish 3.4%.

Employment

There were 78 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sale. Of these 48.7% were employed full time, 19.2% were employed part-time and 23.1% 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.

For information on the Community Development Programme (CDP) please refer to the Census Data Dictionary. CDP data is available in TableBuilder.

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Sale, the most common occupations were Community and Personal Service Workers 24.5%, Professionals 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.3%, Labourers 11.3%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Managers 5.7% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 5.7%.

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Sale, the most common industries of employment were Combined Primary and Secondary Education 14.7%, Oil and Gas Extraction 11.8%, Central Government Administration 11.8%, State Government Administration 8.8% and Local Government Administration 8.8%.

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Sale was $421 and the median weekly household income was $1,010.

View the data quality statements for: Total personal income (INCP) Total household income (HIND)

In Sale, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 51.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

View the data quality statements for: Unpaid domestic work (DOMP) Unpaid child care (CHCAREP) Unpaid assistance (UNCAREP) Voluntary work (VOLWP)

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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 Sale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8 persons, with 0.9 persons per bedroom and 1.5 registered motor vehicles per dwelling.

View the data quality statements for: Number of Bedrooms in Private Dwelling (BEDD) Household composition (HHCD) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

In Sale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,430.

View the data quality statements for: Rent weekly payments (RNTD) Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

In Sale, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 13.4% were a couple family with no children, 26.9% were a couple family with children and 32.1% 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.

Dwelling structure

In Sale there were 124 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 85.6% were separate houses, 7.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.8% were flats or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

In Sale, of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 6.9% were owned outright, 25.4% were owned with a mortgage and 60.0% were rented.