Victoria Park

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2021 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Local Government Areas
Area code LGA58510
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 656
Male 51.5%
Female 48.5%
Median age 29
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families 199
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 349
Average number of people per household 2.5
Median weekly household income $1,609
Median monthly mortgage repayments $2,167
Median weekly rent (a) $330

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

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People and population

Indigenous status
All people 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander total 656 1.8 88,693 3.3 812,728 3.2
Aboriginal 636 1.7 85,004 3.2 742,882 2.9
Torres Strait Islander 16 0.0 1,625 0.1 33,765 0.1
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 5 0.0 2,068 0.1 36,083 0.1
Non-Indigenous 34,306 93.0 2,431,204 91.4 23,375,949 91.9
Not stated 1,921 5.2 140,128 5.3 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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Median age 29 N/A 24 N/A 24 N/A
0-4 years 43 6.6 9,264 10.4 85,941 10.6
5-14 years 91 13.9 19,164 21.6 179,604 22.1
15-24 years 127 19.4 16,006 18.0 150,057 18.5
25-34 years 128 19.5 13,512 15.2 117,969 14.5
35-44 years 72 11.0 10,445 11.8 87,910 10.8
45-54 years 79 12.0 8,961 10.1 81,802 10.1
55-64 years 73 11.1 6,632 7.5 61,759 7.6
65 years and over 43 6.6 4,716 5.3 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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Married 79 15.1 12,414 20.6 127,525 23.3
Separated 20 3.8 2,666 4.4 23,982 4.4
Divorced 35 6.7 3,260 5.4 37,473 6.8
Widowed 12 2.3 1,837 3.0 16,329 3.0
Never married 375 71.8 40,088 66.5 341,871 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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Registered marriage (a) 58 13.5 9,839 19.6 112,643 23.0
De facto marriage (b) 66 15.4 9,703 19.3 81,295 16.6
Not married 307 71.6 30,724 61.1 296,032 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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Preschool 15 6.2 2,321 6.6 25,485 8.0
Primary 49 20.4 12,434 35.5 120,864 37.9
Secondary 45 18.8 8,838 25.3 83,631 26.2
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 24 10.0 1,694 4.8 21,273 6.7
Tertiary - University or higher education 39 16.2 1,710 4.9 21,149 6.6
Other 7 2.9 782 2.2 7,310 2.3
Not stated 49 20.4 7,209 20.6 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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 84 16.1 3,247 5.4 40,554 7.4
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 39 7.5 2,678 4.4 34,681 6.3
Certificate level IV 22 4.2 2,311 3.8 23,374 4.3
Certificate level III 76 14.6 7,762 12.9 84,821 15.5
Year 12 87 16.7 9,364 15.5 82,998 15.2
Year 11 29 5.6 5,923 9.8 43,335 7.9
Year 10 85 16.3 14,035 23.3 102,707 18.8
Certificate level II 0 0.0 106 0.2 1,262 0.2
Certificate level I 0 0.0 22 0.0 241 0.0
Year 9 or below 38 7.3 7,020 11.6 75,326 13.8
Inadequately described 11 2.1 1,073 1.8 11,038 2.0
No educational attainment 0 0.0 854 1.4 5,242 1.0
Not stated 51 9.8 5,847 9.7 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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Nyungar 9 1.4 1,324 1.5 1,441 0.2
Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd 3 0.5 700 0.8 4,197 0.5
Wangkatha 3 0.5 332 0.4 347 0.0
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Australian Indigenous languages used at home 22 3.4 11,213 12.6 76,978 9.5
English only used at home 559 85.2 68,481 77.2 683,122 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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal 571 87.0 76,590 86.4 695,359 85.6
Australian 218 33.2 25,219 28.4 277,467 34.1
English 103 15.7 11,662 13.1 131,618 16.2
Torres Strait Islander 18 2.7 2,830 3.2 57,353 7.1
Irish 18 2.7 2,385 2.7 31,853 3.9

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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
In the labour force 292 55.9 29,553 49.0 296,172 54.1
Not in the labour force 196 37.5 27,477 45.6 234,314 42.8
Not stated 30 5.7 3,234 5.4 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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Employed  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked full-time 153 52.4 14,457 48.9 144,659 48.8
Worked part-time 77 26.4 7,744 26.2 87,019 29.4
Away from work (a) 16 5.5 2,661 9.0 28,075 9.5
Total employed 251 86.0 24,863 84.1 259,754 87.7
Unemployed 43 14.7 4,688 15.9 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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Professionals 54 21.5 3,455 13.9 36,013 13.9
Clerical and Administrative Workers 41 16.3 2,841 11.4 30,731 11.8
Machinery Operators and Drivers 38 15.1 3,385 13.6 23,291 9.0
Community and Personal Service Workers 34 13.5 3,807 15.3 45,221 17.4
Technicians and Trades Workers 29 11.6 3,643 14.7 35,333 13.6
Sales Workers 20 8.0 1,606 6.5 22,365 8.6
Managers 18 7.2 1,852 7.4 21,218 8.2
Labourers 9 3.6 3,326 13.4 37,003 14.2

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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Iron Ore Mining 26 10.4 2,289 9.2 2,518 1.0
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 14 5.6 685 2.8 9,313 3.6
Electrical Services 8 3.2 169 0.7 2,071 0.8
State Government Administration 8 3.2 368 1.5 5,577 2.1
Higher Education 8 3.2 223 0.9 2,302 0.9

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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Personal (b) 632 N/A 481 N/A 540 N/A
Family (c) 1,731 N/A 1,469 N/A 1,527 N/A
Household (d) 1,609 N/A 1,480 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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census Night) 280 54.3 33,333 55.3 328,022 59.9
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census Night) 84 16.1 18,072 30.0 166,628 30.5
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age (during two weeks before Census Night) 59 11.3 7,340 12.2 76,568 14.0
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 76 14.6 6,004 10.0 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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Arthritis 43 6.6 3,896 4.4 50,807 6.3
Asthma 79 12.0 8,714 9.8 107,162 13.2
Cancer (including remission) 13 2.0 1,122 1.3 12,927 1.6
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 11 1.7 403 0.5 3,610 0.4
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 61 9.3 6,042 6.8 47,688 5.9
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 27 4.1 3,064 3.5 30,160 3.7
Kidney disease 9 1.4 1,139 1.3 10,053 1.2
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 16 2.4 1,277 1.4 17,552 2.2
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 106 16.2 8,192 9.2 107,776 13.3
Stroke 16 2.4 683 0.8 7,059 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 75 11.4 6,084 6.9 70,592 8.7
No long-term health condition(s) 361 55.0 52,662 59.4 462,348 56.9
Not stated 47 7.2 10,368 11.7 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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
None of the selected conditions 387 59.0 55,618 62.7 493,110 60.7
One condition 133 20.3 15,383 17.3 167,204 20.6
Two conditions 54 8.2 4,607 5.2 54,174 6.7
Three or more conditions 32 4.9 2,725 3.1 32,701 4.0
Not stated 47 7.2 10,368 11.7 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)
Table based on place of usual residence

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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Number of dwellings requiring one or more extra bedroom(s) (a) 24 6.9 3,233 9.5 31,268 8.9
Average number of people per household 2.5 N/A 3.2 N/A 3.1 N/A
Average number of persons per bedroom 0.9 N/A 1 N/A 1 N/A
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 1.5 N/A 1.8 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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent (a) $330 N/A $260 N/A $300 N/A
Median monthly mortgage repayments $2,167 N/A $1,733 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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 61 17.5 5,511 16.2 62,751 17.8
One family household: Couple family with children 55 15.8 10,128 29.8 104,435 29.7
One family household: One parent family 65 18.6 8,458 24.9 86,135 24.5
One family household: Other family 18 5.2 847 2.5 7,040 2.0
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 0 0.0 222 0.7 2,130 0.6
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 5 1.4 638 1.9 6,813 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 0 0.0 910 2.7 8,606 2.4
Multiple family household: Other family 0 0.0 69 0.2 412 0.1
Other household 143 41.0 7,167 21.1 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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Separate house 200 57.3 28,229 83.2 281,729 80.0
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc. 102 29.2 4,051 11.9 38,396 10.9
Flat or apartment 48 13.8 1,243 3.7 27,919 7.9
Other dwelling 0 0.0 261 0.8 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 		Victoria Park % Victoria Park Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Owned outright 35 10.0 3,673 10.8 48,452 13.8
Owned with a mortgage (a) 60 17.2 9,444 27.8 96,647 27.5
Rented (b) 237 67.9 19,092 56.2 192,703 54.7
Other (c) 9 2.6 597 1.8 5,582 1.6
Not stated 10 2.9 1,140 3.4 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.