South Australia - Outback

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2021 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Statistical Areas Level 4
Area code 406
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 9,670
Male 49.4%
Female 50.6%
Median age 26
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families 2,799
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 3,359
Average number of people per household 3.1
Median weekly household income $1,068
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,083
Median weekly rent (a) $160

(a) For 2021, median weekly rent calculations exclude dwellings being occupied rent-free.

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People and population

Indigenous status
All people 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander total 9,670 11.7 42,562 2.4 812,728 3.2
Aboriginal 9,414 11.4 40,592 2.3 742,882 2.9
Torres Strait Islander 118 0.1 994 0.1 33,765 0.1
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 150 0.2 967 0.1 36,083 0.1
Non-Indigenous 67,095 81.2 1,669,314 93.7 23,375,949 91.9
Not stated 5,881 7.1 69,646 3.9 1,234,112 4.9

More information on Place of Usual Residence (PURP), Indigenous status (INGP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Age
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Median age 26 N/A 24 N/A 24 N/A
0-4 years 991 10.2 4,544 10.7 85,941 10.6
5-14 years 1,938 20.0 9,367 22.0 179,604 22.1
15-24 years 1,619 16.7 7,764 18.2 150,057 18.5
25-34 years 1,567 16.2 6,352 14.9 117,969 14.5
35-44 years 1,132 11.7 4,550 10.7 87,910 10.8
45-54 years 1,046 10.8 4,300 10.1 81,802 10.1
55-64 years 840 8.7 3,285 7.7 61,759 7.6
65 years and over 545 5.6 2,392 5.6 47,677 5.9

More information on Age (AGEP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Registered marital status
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Married 1,714 25.4 5,912 20.6 127,525 23.3
Separated 324 4.8 1,285 4.5 23,982 4.4
Divorced 270 4.0 1,972 6.9 37,473 6.8
Widowed 283 4.2 893 3.1 16,329 3.0
Never married 4,157 61.7 18,590 64.9 341,871 62.5

Note: In December 2017, amendments to the Marriage Act 1961 came into effect enabling marriage equality for all couples. For 2021, registered marriages include all couples.

More information on Registered marital status (MSTP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Social marital status
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over, usually resident and present in the household on Census night 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Registered marriage (a) 1,228 21.0 5,057 20.0 112,643 23.0
De facto marriage (b) 1,074 18.3 4,050 16.0 81,295 16.6
Not married 3,554 60.7 16,185 64.0 296,032 60.4

(a) In December 2017, amendments to the Marriage Act 1961 came into effect enabling marriage equality for all couples. For 2021, registered marriages include all couples.
(b) De facto marriage is when two people live together as partners who are not in a registered marriage. It includes people who report de facto, partner, common law husband/wife/spouse, lover, girlfriend or boyfriend.

More information on Social marital status (MDCP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Education

Type of educational institution attending
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people attending an educational institution 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Preschool 368 10.4 1,578 9.3 25,485 8.0
Primary 1,423 40.1 7,015 41.2 120,864 37.9
Secondary 746 21.0 3,965 23.3 83,631 26.2
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 116 3.3 902 5.3 21,273 6.7
Tertiary - University or higher education 87 2.5 1,086 6.4 21,149 6.6
Other 44 1.2 372 2.2 7,310 2.3
Not stated 759 21.4 2,104 12.4 38,814 12.2

More information Type of educational institution attending (TYPP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Level of highest educational attainment
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 193 2.9 1,886 6.6 40,554 7.4
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 225 3.3 1,508 5.3 34,681 6.3
Certificate level IV 173 2.6 1,192 4.2 23,374 4.3
Certificate level III 664 9.8 4,341 15.2 84,821 15.5
Year 12 770 11.4 4,118 14.4 82,998 15.2
Year 11 913 13.5 3,641 12.7 43,335 7.9
Year 10 1,413 21.0 4,888 17.1 102,707 18.8
Certificate level II 16 0.2 72 0.3 1,262 0.2
Certificate level I 5 0.1 12 0.0 241 0.0
Year 9 or below 1,213 18.0 3,786 13.2 75,326 13.8
Inadequately described 164 2.4 637 2.2 11,038 2.0
No educational attainment 102 1.5 274 1.0 5,242 1.0
Not stated 881 13.1 2,290 8.0 41,467 7.6

More information on Level of highest educational attainment (HEAP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Cultural diversity

Australian Indigenous language, top responses
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Pitjantjatjara 2,075 21.5 2,211 5.2 3,399 0.4
Yankunytjatjara 296 3.1 322 0.8 594 0.1
Adnymathanha 190 2.0 236 0.6 254 0.0
Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd 129 1.3 345 0.8 4,197 0.5
Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 66 0.7 100 0.2 2,863 0.4
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Australian Indigenous languages used at home 2,986 30.9 4,305 10.1 76,978 9.5
English only used at home 5,919 61.2 35,095 82.5 683,122 84.1

More information on Language used at home (LANP), Whether reported using an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander language at home (LNGP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Ancestry, top responses
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal 8,620 89.1 37,097 87.2 695,359 85.6
Australian 1,997 20.7 13,750 32.3 277,467 34.1
English 975 10.1 7,433 17.5 131,618 16.2
Irish 234 2.4 1,451 3.4 31,853 3.9
Torres Strait Islander 205 2.1 1,372 3.2 57,353 7.1

Note 1: 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 sum of all ancestry responses for an area will not equal the total number of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in the area.
Note 2: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of the number of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in the area (including those who did not state an ancestry). In 2016 QuickStats percentages were based on total number of responses and will not be comparable to this table.

More information on Ancestry multi response (ANCP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Income and work

Participation in the labour force
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
In the labour force 2,888 42.8 14,560 50.8 296,172 54.1
Not in the labour force 3,544 52.6 13,242 46.2 234,314 42.8
Not stated 316 4.7 852 3.0 16,695 3.1

Note 1: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 and over in the area.
Note 2: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.
Note 3: For information on Community Development Program participation (CDPP), please refer to the Census Dictionary. CDPP data is available in TableBuilder.

More information on Labour force status (LFSP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Employment status
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Employed  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked full-time 1,113 38.5 6,603 45.4 144,659 48.8
Worked part-time 874 30.3 4,540 31.2 87,019 29.4
Away from work (a) 294 10.2 1,143 7.9 28,075 9.5
Total employed 2,285 79.1 12,285 84.4 259,754 87.7
Unemployed 600 20.8 2,274 15.6 36,419 12.3

Note 1: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 and over, who reported being in the labour force in the area.
Note 2: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.
Note 3: For information on Community Development Program participation (CDPP), please refer to the Census Dictionary. CDPP data is available in TableBuilder.

(a) Counts employed people who reported 0 hours of work the week before the Census or did not state their hours of work.

More information on Labour force status (LFSP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Occupation, top responses
Employed Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Community and Personal Service Workers 556 24.3 2,360 19.2 45,221 17.4
Professionals 372 16.3 1,867 15.2 36,013 13.9
Labourers 325 14.2 1,813 14.8 37,003 14.2
Machinery Operators and Drivers 239 10.5 1,030 8.4 23,291 9.0
Clerical and Administrative Workers 203 8.9 1,507 12.3 30,731 11.8
Technicians and Trades Workers 190 8.3 1,405 11.4 35,333 13.6
Managers 165 7.2 939 7.6 21,218 8.2
Sales Workers 125 5.5 904 7.4 22,365 8.6

More information on Occupation (OCCP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Industry of employment, top responses
Employed Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Other Social Assistance Services 105 4.6 503 4.1 10,154 3.9
Combined Primary and Secondary Education 90 3.9 267 2.2 3,592 1.4
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 84 3.7 475 3.9 9,313 3.6
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 83 3.6 432 3.5 8,816 3.4
Local Government Administration 68 3.0 220 1.8 6,639 2.6

More information on Industry of employment (INDP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Median weekly incomes (a)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Personal (b) 401 N/A 487 N/A 540 N/A
Family (c) 1,045 N/A 1,340 N/A 1,527 N/A
Household (d) 1,068 N/A 1,282 N/A 1,507 N/A

(a) Incomes are collected in ranges. The medians are then calculated using information from the Survey of Income and Housing.
(b) Excludes people aged 15 years and over who did not state their income.
(c) Excludes families where at least one family member aged 15 years and over did not state their income.
(d) Excludes households where at least one household member aged 15 years and over did not state their income.

More information on Total personal income (weekly) (INCP), Total family income (weekly) (FINF), Total household income (weekly) (HIND), Indigenous household indicator (INGDWTD), Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander family indicator (INGF)
Personal income data is based on place of usual residence
Family and household income data is based on place of enumeration

Unpaid work and care

Unpaid work and care
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census Night) 3,704 54.9 16,682 58.2 328,022 59.9
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census Night) 2,335 34.6 8,266 28.9 166,628 30.5
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age (during two weeks before Census Night) 914 13.6 4,114 14.4 76,568 14.0
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 541 8.0 3,062 10.7 58,029 10.6

More information on Unpaid domestic work: number of hours (DOMP), Unpaid child care (CHCAREP), Unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition, or due to old age (UNCAREP), Voluntary work for an organisation or group (VOLWP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Health

Type of long-term health condition
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Arthritis 423 4.4 2,770 6.5 50,807 6.3
Asthma 955 9.9 5,965 14.0 107,162 13.2
Cancer (including remission) 93 1.0 603 1.4 12,927 1.6
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 44 0.5 218 0.5 3,610 0.4
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 922 9.5 3,001 7.1 47,688 5.9
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 408 4.2 1,611 3.8 30,160 3.7
Kidney disease 141 1.5 497 1.2 10,053 1.2
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 142 1.5 951 2.2 17,552 2.2
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 681 7.0 6,156 14.5 107,776 13.3
Stroke 74 0.8 363 0.9 7,059 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 632 6.5 4,048 9.5 70,592 8.7
No long-term health condition(s) 5,717 59.1 23,215 54.5 462,348 56.9
Not stated 1,146 11.9 3,717 8.7 65,539 8.1

Note 1: Measures the number of people who reported that they have been told by a doctor or nurse that they have any of these long-term health conditions.
Note 2: Respondents had the option of reporting multiple long-term health conditions. Therefore, the sum of all long-term health condition responses for an area will not equal the total number of people in the area.
Note 3: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of the number of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in the area (including those who did not answer the long-term health conditions question).

More information on Type of long-term health condition (LTHP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Count of selected long-term health conditions
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
None of the selected conditions 6,000 62.0 24,914 58.5 493,110 60.7
One condition 1,682 17.4 8,929 21.0 167,204 20.6
Two conditions 521 5.4 3,072 7.2 54,174 6.7
Three or more conditions 322 3.3 1,935 4.5 32,701 4.0
Not stated 1,146 11.9 3,717 8.7 65,539 8.1

Note: Selected long-term health conditions include arthritis, asthma, cancer (including remission), dementia (including Alzheimer's), diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes), heart disease (including heart attack or angina), kidney disease, lung condition (including COPD or emphysema), mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) and stroke. Other long-term health conditions are not included in this count.

More information on Count of selected long-term health conditions (CLTHP)
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Housing

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only households and other non-classifiable households) where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Number of dwellings requiring one or more extra bedroom(s) (a) 440 13.1 1,586 8.2 31,268 8.9
Average number of people per household 3.1 N/A 3 N/A 3.1 N/A
Average number of persons per bedroom 1 N/A 1 N/A 1 N/A
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 1.5 N/A 1.7 N/A 1.9 N/A

(a) The Canadian National Occupancy Standard for Housing Appropriateness is used to determine whether there are enough bedrooms in the dwelling for the usual residents. See Housing suitability information below for more details.

More information on Number of bedrooms in private dwelling (BEDD), Household composition (HHCD), Indigenous household indicator (INGDWTD), Housing suitability (HOSD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Mortgage and Rent
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only households and other non-classifiable households) where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent (a) $160 N/A $250 N/A $300 N/A
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,083 N/A $1,365 N/A $1,721 N/A

(a) Median rent calculations exclude dwellings being occupied rent-free, this is not comparable to 2016 QuickStats data.

More information on Rent (weekly) dollar values (RNTD), Mortgage repayments (monthly) dollar values (MRED), Indigenous household indicator (INGDWTD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Family household composition
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only households and other non-classifiable households) where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 495 14.7 3,099 16.0 62,751 17.8
One family household: Couple family with children 881 26.2 5,207 26.8 104,435 29.7
One family household: One parent family 872 26.0 5,260 27.1 86,135 24.5
One family household: Other family 102 3.0 433 2.2 7,040 2.0
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 26 0.8 78 0.4 2,130 0.6
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 85 2.5 254 1.3 6,813 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 108 3.2 435 2.2 8,606 2.4
Multiple family household: Other family 14 0.4 23 0.1 412 0.1
Other household 779 23.2 4,596 23.7 73,717 20.9

Note: This table counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level. In multiple family households, only the family composition of the primary family is recorded. Other household includes lone person households and group households.

More information on Family household composition (dwelling) (HCFMD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Separate house 2,520 75.0 15,034 77.5 281,729 80.0
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc. 612 18.2 3,234 16.7 38,396 10.9
Flat or apartment 174 5.2 988 5.1 27,919 7.9
Other dwelling 29 0.9 81 0.4 2,861 0.8

More information on Dwelling structure (STRD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Tenure type
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only households and other non-classifiable households) where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		South Australia - Outback % South Australia - Outback South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Owned outright 327 9.7 2,243 11.6 48,452 13.8
Owned with a mortgage (a) 572 17.0 5,236 27.0 96,647 27.5
Rented (b) 2,232 66.4 11,085 57.2 192,703 54.7
Other (c) 91 2.7 319 1.6 5,582 1.6
Not stated 141 4.2 504 2.6 8,652 2.5

(a) Includes dwellings purchased under a shared equity scheme.
(b) Excludes dwellings being occupied rent-free, this is not comparable to 2016 QuickStats data.
(c) Comprises dwellings occupied rent-free, occupied under a life tenure scheme and other tenure type

More information on Tenure type (TEND)
Table based on place of enumeration

Please note that there are small random adjustments made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from table totals.