Ceduna (DC)

2016 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Local Government Areas
Area code LGA41010
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 740
Male 46.6%
Female 53.4%
Median age 24
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 266
Average people per household 3.1
Median weekly household income $960
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,363
Median weekly rent $150

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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 Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Aboriginal 726 98.1 32,617 95.4 590,062 90.9
Torres Strait Islander 0 0.0 941 2.8 32,344 5.0
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 14 1.9 634 1.9 26,767 4.1

For the 2016 Census in Ceduna (DC), there were 740 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female.

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Age Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Median age 24 -- 23 -- 23 --
0-4 years 94 12.6 3,787 11.1 73,265 11.3
5-14 years 172 23.0 7,631 22.3 147,134 22.7
15-24 years 112 15.0 6,564 19.2 123,719 19.1
25-34 years 100 13.4 4,851 14.2 88,861 13.7
35-44 years 84 11.2 3,706 10.8 72,394 11.2
45-54 years 83 11.1 3,614 10.6 67,415 10.4
55-64 years 70 9.4 2,439 7.1 45,433 7.0
65 years and over 32 4.3 1,581 4.6 30,952 4.8

In Ceduna (DC), the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 24 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 35.8% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 4.3% were people aged 65 years and over.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Married 69 14.4 4,778 21.0 105,086 24.5
Separated 11 2.3 1,012 4.4 19,112 4.5
Divorced 14 2.9 1,571 6.9 28,796 6.7
Widowed 15 3.1 755 3.3 13,794 3.2
Never married 371 77.3 14,641 64.3 261,980 61.1

In Ceduna (DC), 14.4% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 5.2% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 50 11.3 3,859 19.6 86,716 23.1
De facto marriage 148 33.4 3,237 16.4 60,051 16.0
Not married 245 55.3 12,585 63.9 228,281 60.9

In Ceduna (DC), 11.3% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 33.4% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education attendance Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Pre-school 24 6.8 1,020 7.1 16,698 6.4
Primary 99 27.9 5,406 37.6 97,859 37.5
Secondary 62 17.5 3,165 22.0 65,208 25.0
Technical or further education institution 8 2.3 799 5.6 14,227 5.5
University or tertiary institution 6 1.7 847 5.9 15,489 5.9
Other 0 0.0 306 2.1 5,047 1.9
Not stated 156 43.9 2,853 19.8 46,428 17.8

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Ceduna (DC), 48.1% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.9% were attending a primary school, 17.5% were attending a secondary school and 3.9% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 6 1.2 1,198 5.3 24,911 5.8
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 21 4.3 1,159 5.1 23,795 5.5
Certificate level IV 18 3.7 776 3.4 14,308 3.3
Certificate level III 44 9.1 2,932 12.9 56,625 13.2
Year 12 50 10.3 2,846 12.5 59,949 14.0
Year 11 62 12.8 2,906 12.8 34,674 8.1
Year 10 56 11.6 3,510 15.4 77,265 18.0
Certificate level II 0 0.0 77 0.3 1,215 0.3
Certificate level I 0 0.0 12 0.1 241 0.1
Year 9 or below 62 12.8 3,101 13.6 64,604 15.1
No educational attainment 0 0.0 224 1.0 4,256 1.0
Not stated 142 29.3 3,452 15.2 56,698 13.2

Of people aged 15 and over in Ceduna (DC), 10.3% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 12.2% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 4.3% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Australian Indigenous language, top responses Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Pitjantjatjara 34 4.6 1,813 5.3 3,054 0.5
Kukatha 4 0.5 11 0.0 16 0.0
Aboriginal English, so described 3 0.4 79 0.2 625 0.1
Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 3 0.4 27 0.1 347 0.1
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English only spoken at home 486 65.6 28,540 83.5 544,491 83.9

English was the only language spoken at home by 65.6% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Ceduna (DC). The only other responses for language at home were Pitjantjatjara 4.6%, Kukatha 0.5%, Aboriginal English, so described 0.4% and Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 0.4%.

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Ancestry, top responses Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Australian 304 33.9 21,514 45.8 399,843 45.0
Australian Aboriginal 304 33.9 7,936 16.9 140,480 15.8
English 73 8.1 7,980 17.0 152,758 17.2
Irish 19 2.1 1,992 4.2 45,887 5.2
German 17 1.9 1,336 2.8 16,332 1.8

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 Ceduna (DC) (including those who did not state an ancestry).

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Ceduna (DC), the most common ancestries were Australian 33.9%, Australian Aboriginal 33.9%, English 8.1%, Irish 2.1% and German 1.9%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 75 44.4 4,770 43.9 106,960 48.0
Worked part-time 58 34.3 3,195 29.4 61,049 27.4
Away from work 15 8.9 733 6.7 14,143 6.4
Unemployed 21 12.4 2,164 19.9 40,486 18.2
Not in the labour force 199 41.6 10,821 47.5 190,132 44.3

There were 169 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ceduna (DC). Of these 44.4% were employed full time, 34.3% were employed part-time and 12.4% 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.

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
Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Community and Personal Service Workers 52 36.4 1,671 19.2 30,991 17.0
Professionals 19 13.3 1,191 13.7 24,339 13.4
Managers 18 12.6 609 7.0 12,844 7.1
Machinery Operators and Drivers 14 9.8 714 8.2 16,774 9.2
Labourers 13 9.1 1,371 15.8 27,814 15.3
Clerical and Administrative Workers 10 7.0 1,162 13.4 23,174 12.7
Technicians and Trades Workers 8 5.6 944 10.9 24,399 13.4
Sales Workers 5 3.5 717 8.3 15,791 8.7

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Ceduna (DC), the most common occupations were Community and Personal Service Workers 36.4%, Professionals 13.3%, Managers 12.6%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 9.8%, Labourers 9.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.6% and Sales Workers 3.5%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Other Social Assistance Services 12 9.2 315 3.7 5,302 2.9
Local Government Administration 11 8.4 150 1.7 5,511 3.0
Combined Primary and Secondary Education 10 7.6 165 1.9 2,639 1.4
Grain-Sheep or Grain-Beef Cattle Farming 6 4.6 13 0.2 94 0.1
Other Grain Growing 5 3.8 17 0.2 148 0.1

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Ceduna (DC), the most common industries of employment were Other Social Assistance Services 9.2%, Local Government Administration 8.4%, Combined Primary and Secondary Education 7.6%, Grain-Sheep or Grain-Beef Cattle Farming 4.6% and Other Grain Growing 3.8%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Personal 403 -- 413 -- 441 --
Household 960 -- 1,014 -- 1,203 --

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Ceduna (DC) was $403 and the median weekly household income was $960.

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 217 45.4 13,372 58.8 263,334 61.4
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 116 24.3 6,560 28.8 136,079 31.7
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 41 8.6 3,026 13.3 58,541 13.7
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 59 12.3 3,230 14.2 63,303 14.8

In Ceduna (DC), of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 45.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 8.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.3% 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
Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 3.1 -- 3 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 0.9 -- 1 -- 1 --
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 1.5 -- 1.6 -- 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 Ceduna (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1 persons, with 0.9 persons per bedroom and 1.5 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
Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 150 -- 220 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 1,363 -- 1,387 -- 1,660 --

In Ceduna (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,363.

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Family household composition
Counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level
Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 48 18.2 2,308 15.6 42,536 16.2
One family household: Couple family with children 77 29.2 3,979 26.9 80,803 30.7
One family household: One parent family 63 23.9 4,112 27.8 67,528 25.7
One family household: Other family 5 1.9 353 2.4 5,547 2.1
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 4 1.5 96 0.6 2,223 0.8
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 5 1.9 152 1.0 4,951 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 4 1.5 236 1.6 5,768 2.2
Multiple family household: Other family 0 0.0 16 0.1 471 0.2
Other household 58 22.0 3,544 24.0 53,195 20.2

In Ceduna (DC), of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 19.7% were a couple family with no children, 31.1% were a couple family with children and 25.4% 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
Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Separate house 259 97.4 11,459 77.7 211,205 80.7
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 4 1.5 2,519 17.1 27,017 10.3
Flat or apartment 3 1.1 703 4.8 20,580 7.9
Other dwelling 0 0.0 69 0.5 2,897 1.1

In Ceduna (DC) there were 266 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 97.4% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% 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
Ceduna (DC) % Ceduna (DC) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Owned outright 19 7.3 1,509 10.2 32,045 12.2
Owned with a mortgage 35 13.5 3,734 25.2 68,085 25.9
Rented 175 67.3 8,841 59.7 150,832 57.3
Other tenure type 0 0.0 119 0.8 1,888 0.7
Tenure type not stated 31 11.9 602 4.1 10,182 3.9

In Ceduna (DC), of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 7.3% were owned outright, 13.5% were owned with a mortgage and 67.3% 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.