Belconnen

2016 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Area code 80101
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 1,611
Male 49.2%
Female 50.8%
Median age 23
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 832
Average people per household 3
Median weekly household income $1,778
Median monthly mortgage repayments $2,005
Median weekly rent $350

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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 Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Aboriginal 1,518 94.2 6,138 94.3 590,062 90.9
Torres Strait Islander 53 3.3 180 2.8 32,344 5.0
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 40 2.5 189 2.9 26,767 4.1

For the 2016 Census in Belconnen, there were 1,611 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female.

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Age Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Median age 23 -- 23 -- 23 --
0-4 years 196 12.1 726 11.2 73,265 11.3
5-14 years 330 20.4 1,302 20.0 147,134 22.7
15-24 years 331 20.4 1,368 21.0 123,719 19.1
25-34 years 271 16.7 1,031 15.9 88,861 13.7
35-44 years 178 11.0 756 11.6 72,394 11.2
45-54 years 148 9.1 693 10.7 67,415 10.4
55-64 years 104 6.4 419 6.4 45,433 7.0
65 years and over 62 3.8 205 3.2 30,952 4.8

In Belconnen, the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 23 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 32.6% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 3.8% were people aged 65 years and over.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Married 281 26.0 1,164 26.0 105,086 24.5
Separated 30 2.8 167 3.7 19,112 4.5
Divorced 90 8.3 374 8.4 28,796 6.7
Widowed 20 1.9 81 1.8 13,794 3.2
Never married 660 61.1 2,686 60.1 261,980 61.1

In Belconnen, 26.0% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 260 25.9 1,018 25.5 86,716 23.1
De facto marriage 170 16.9 648 16.2 60,051 16.0
Not married 574 57.2 2,325 58.3 228,281 60.9

In Belconnen, 25.9% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 16.9% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education attendance Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Pre-school 35 5.5 181 6.7 16,698 6.4
Primary 223 35.0 903 33.4 97,859 37.5
Secondary 159 25.0 642 23.7 65,208 25.0
Technical or further education institution 57 8.9 221 8.2 14,227 5.5
University or tertiary institution 111 17.4 411 15.2 15,489 5.9
Other 15 2.4 61 2.3 5,047 1.9
Not stated 37 5.8 288 10.6 46,428 17.8

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Belconnen, 39.3% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.0% were attending a primary school, 25.0% were attending a secondary school and 26.4% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 184 17.0 771 17.2 24,911 5.8
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 116 10.7 477 10.7 23,795 5.5
Certificate level IV 58 5.3 264 5.9 14,308 3.3
Certificate level III 157 14.5 471 10.5 56,625 13.2
Year 12 201 18.5 808 18.0 59,949 14.0
Year 11 62 5.7 234 5.2 34,674 8.1
Year 10 138 12.7 611 13.6 77,265 18.0
Certificate level II 0 0.0 11 0.2 1,215 0.3
Certificate level I 0 0.0 0 0.0 241 0.1
Year 9 or below 103 9.5 410 9.2 64,604 15.1
No educational attainment 3 0.3 20 0.4 4,256 1.0
Not stated 50 4.6 309 6.9 56,698 13.2

Of people aged 15 and over in Belconnen, 18.5% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 19.9% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 10.7% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Australian Indigenous language, top responses Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Aboriginal English, so described 6 0.4 23 0.4 625 0.1
Wiradjuri 4 0.2 14 0.2 432 0.1
Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 3 0.2 4 0.1 6,000 0.9
Pitjantjatjara 3 0.2 3 0.0 3,054 0.5
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English only spoken at home 1,540 95.6 6,048 92.9 544,491 83.9

English was the only language spoken at home by 95.6% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Belconnen. The only other responses for language at home were Aboriginal English, so described 0.4%, Wiradjuri 0.2%, Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 0.2% and Pitjantjatjara 0.2%.

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Ancestry, top responses Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Australian 1,088 44.8 4,421 45.1 399,843 45.0
English 486 20.0 1,786 18.2 152,758 17.2
Australian Aboriginal 251 10.3 1,021 10.4 140,480 15.8
Irish 229 9.4 809 8.3 45,887 5.2
Scottish 143 5.9 531 5.4 30,843 3.5

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

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Belconnen, the most common ancestries were Australian 44.8%, English 20.0%, Australian Aboriginal 10.3%, Irish 9.4% and Scottish 5.9%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 443 57.6 1,906 62.4 106,960 48.0
Worked part-time 197 25.6 709 23.2 61,049 27.4
Away from work 52 6.8 159 5.2 14,143 6.4
Unemployed 77 10.0 281 9.2 40,486 18.2
Not in the labour force 306 28.0 1,343 30.0 190,132 44.3

There were 769 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Belconnen. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 25.6% were employed part-time and 10.0% 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.

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Occupation, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Clerical and Administrative Workers 152 22.1 620 22.3 23,174 12.7
Professionals 127 18.4 575 20.7 24,339 13.4
Community and Personal Service Workers 89 12.9 343 12.3 30,991 17.0
Technicians and Trades Workers 79 11.5 264 9.5 24,399 13.4
Managers 69 10.0 340 12.2 12,844 7.1
Sales Workers 54 7.8 189 6.8 15,791 8.7
Labourers 49 7.1 208 7.5 27,814 15.3
Inadequately described 35 5.1 129 4.6 3,291 1.8

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Belconnen, the most common occupations were Clerical and Administrative Workers 22.1%, Professionals 18.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.5%, Managers 10.0%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Labourers 7.1% and Inadequately described 5.1%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Central Government Administration 129 20.9 590 22.1 3,808 2.1
State Government Administration 29 4.7 115 4.3 4,176 2.3
Defence 23 3.7 164 6.1 1,602 0.9
Higher Education 23 3.7 59 2.2 1,885 1.0
Takeaway Food Services 20 3.2 69 2.6 4,469 2.5

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Belconnen, the most common industries of employment were Central Government Administration 20.9%, State Government Administration 4.7%, Defence 3.7%, Higher Education 3.7% and Takeaway Food Services 3.2%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Personal 718 -- 789 -- 441 --
Household 1,778 -- 1,886 -- 1,203 --

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Belconnen was $718 and the median weekly household income was $1,778.

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 815 74.8 3,243 72.5 263,334 61.4
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 358 32.9 1,385 31.0 136,079 31.7
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 161 14.8 618 13.8 58,541 13.7
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 215 19.8 934 20.9 63,303 14.8

In Belconnen, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 74.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.9% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% 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
Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 3 -- 2.9 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 0.9 -- 1 -- 1 --
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 1.9 -- 1.9 -- 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 Belconnen, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3 persons, with 0.9 persons per bedroom and 1.9 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
Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 350 -- 360 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 2,005 -- 2,167 -- 1,660 --

In Belconnen, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,005.

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Family household composition
Counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level
Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 164 19.5 647 19.8 42,536 16.2
One family household: Couple family with children 276 32.9 1,033 31.7 80,803 30.7
One family household: One parent family 170 20.3 694 21.3 67,528 25.7
One family household: Other family 18 2.1 54 1.7 5,547 2.1
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 4 0.5 22 0.7 2,223 0.8
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 8 1.0 34 1.0 4,951 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 10 1.2 26 0.8 5,768 2.2
Multiple family household: Other family 0 0.0 0 0.0 471 0.2
Other household 189 22.5 751 23.0 53,195 20.2

In Belconnen, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 20.0% were a couple family with no children, 33.8% were a couple family with children and 21.5% 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
Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Separate house 629 75.8 2,285 70.2 211,205 80.7
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 143 17.2 587 18.0 27,017 10.3
Flat or apartment 58 7.0 370 11.4 20,580 7.9
Other dwelling 0 0.0 15 0.5 2,897 1.1

In Belconnen there were 832 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 75.8% were separate houses, 17.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.0% 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
Belconnen % Belconnen Australian Capital Territory % Australian Capital Territory Australia % Australia
Owned outright 78 9.4 325 10.0 32,045 12.2
Owned with a mortgage 296 35.6 1,069 32.9 68,085 25.9
Rented 419 50.4 1,737 53.5 150,832 57.3
Other tenure type 9 1.1 18 0.6 1,888 0.7
Tenure type not stated 29 3.5 100 3.1 10,182 3.9

In Belconnen, of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 9.4% were owned outright, 35.6% were owned with a mortgage and 50.4% were rented.

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