Townsville - Mackay

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2021 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Indigenous Regions
Area code IREG310
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 31,062
Male 49.4%
Female 50.6%
Median age 22
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families 10,196
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 12,480
Average number of people per household 3.2
Median weekly household income $1,555
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,600
Median weekly rent (a) $280

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

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People and population

Indigenous status
All people 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander total 31,062 7.9 237,303 4.6 812,728 3.2
Aboriginal 22,684 5.7 193,405 3.8 742,882 2.9
Torres Strait Islander 3,805 1.0 21,772 0.4 33,765 0.1
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 4,574 1.2 22,122 0.4 36,083 0.1
Non-Indigenous 331,992 84.0 4,635,042 89.9 23,375,949 91.9
Not stated 32,334 8.2 283,793 5.5 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median age 22 N/A 23 N/A 24 N/A
0-4 years 3,388 10.9 25,731 10.8 85,941 10.6
5-14 years 7,384 23.8 54,439 22.9 179,604 22.1
15-24 years 5,804 18.7 44,204 18.6 150,057 18.5
25-34 years 4,344 14.0 33,612 14.2 117,969 14.5
35-44 years 3,334 10.7 25,219 10.6 87,910 10.8
45-54 years 3,023 9.7 23,680 10.0 81,802 10.1
55-64 years 2,162 7.0 17,354 7.3 61,759 7.6
65 years and over 1,622 5.2 13,065 5.5 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Married 4,181 20.6 33,341 21.2 127,525 23.3
Separated 838 4.1 6,967 4.4 23,982 4.4
Divorced 1,214 6.0 10,657 6.8 37,473 6.8
Widowed 514 2.5 4,181 2.7 16,329 3.0
Never married 13,547 66.8 101,985 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Registered marriage (a) 3,660 20.6 30,074 21.4 112,643 23.0
De facto marriage (b) 3,313 18.7 25,417 18.0 81,295 16.6
Not married 10,767 60.7 85,357 60.6 296,032 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Preschool 764 6.2 6,070 6.6 25,485 8.0
Primary 4,839 39.2 35,874 38.9 120,864 37.9
Secondary 3,713 30.1 26,207 28.4 83,631 26.2
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 553 4.5 4,967 5.4 21,273 6.7
Tertiary - University or higher education 632 5.1 6,362 6.9 21,149 6.6
Other 387 3.1 2,803 3.0 7,310 2.3
Not stated 1,450 11.7 9,970 10.8 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 1,035 5.1 11,028 7.0 40,554 7.4
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 1,126 5.5 10,614 6.8 34,681 6.3
Certificate level IV 719 3.5 6,227 4.0 23,374 4.3
Certificate level III 3,500 17.3 27,557 17.5 84,821 15.5
Year 12 3,994 19.7 28,526 18.2 82,998 15.2
Year 11 1,644 8.1 11,349 7.2 43,335 7.9
Year 10 4,085 20.1 28,737 18.3 102,707 18.8
Certificate level II 38 0.2 344 0.2 1,262 0.2
Certificate level I 4 0.0 52 0.0 241 0.0
Year 9 or below 2,494 12.3 18,908 12.0 75,326 13.8
Inadequately described 380 1.9 3,131 2.0 11,038 2.0
No educational attainment 142 0.7 1,193 0.8 5,242 1.0
Not stated 1,120 5.5 9,409 6.0 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 805 2.6 1,292 0.5 2,863 0.4
Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 393 1.3 7,380 3.1 7,596 0.9
Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd 248 0.8 1,407 0.6 4,197 0.5
Torres Strait Island Languages, nfd 109 0.4 372 0.2 480 0.1
Aboriginal English, so described 68 0.2 585 0.2 1,371 0.2
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Australian Indigenous languages used at home 1,900 6.1 19,018 8.0 76,978 9.5
English only used at home 26,529 85.4 202,342 85.3 683,122 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal 24,409 78.6 194,063 81.8 695,359 85.6
Australian 9,196 29.6 78,079 32.9 277,467 34.1
Torres Strait Islander 7,428 23.9 38,500 16.2 57,353 7.1
English 3,895 12.5 35,211 14.8 131,618 16.2
Australian South Sea Islander 1,153 3.7 3,554 1.5 4,162 0.5

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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
In the labour force 11,594 57.1 88,971 56.6 296,172 54.1
Not in the labour force 8,222 40.5 64,129 40.8 234,314 42.8
Not stated 472 2.3 4,029 2.6 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Employed  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked full-time 5,858 50.5 42,934 48.3 144,659 48.8
Worked part-time 3,348 28.9 25,926 29.1 87,019 29.4
Away from work (a) 909 7.8 8,254 9.3 28,075 9.5
Total employed 10,112 87.2 77,118 86.7 259,754 87.7
Unemployed 1,480 12.8 11,853 13.3 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Community and Personal Service Workers 1,919 19.0 13,289 17.2 45,221 17.4
Labourers 1,649 16.3 12,156 15.8 37,003 14.2
Technicians and Trades Workers 1,464 14.5 10,330 13.4 35,333 13.6
Machinery Operators and Drivers 1,228 12.1 7,488 9.7 23,291 9.0
Clerical and Administrative Workers 1,075 10.6 9,217 12.0 30,731 11.8
Professionals 990 9.8 9,392 12.2 36,013 13.9
Sales Workers 889 8.8 7,120 9.2 22,365 8.6
Managers 551 5.4 5,606 7.3 21,218 8.2

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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Coal Mining 496 4.9 1,369 1.8 2,715 1.0
Other Social Assistance Services 441 4.4 3,030 3.9 10,154 3.9
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 375 3.7 2,897 3.8 9,313 3.6
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 365 3.6 2,658 3.4 8,816 3.4
Takeaway Food Services 356 3.5 2,385 3.1 7,371 2.8

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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Personal (b) 591 N/A 563 N/A 540 N/A
Family (c) 1,586 N/A 1,510 N/A 1,527 N/A
Household (d) 1,555 N/A 1,517 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census Night) 10,934 53.9 93,340 59.4 328,022 59.9
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census Night) 5,905 29.1 46,884 29.8 166,628 30.5
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age (during two weeks before Census Night) 2,328 11.5 20,506 13.1 76,568 14.0
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 1,881 9.3 16,824 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Arthritis 1,476 4.8 13,964 5.9 50,807 6.3
Asthma 3,382 10.9 30,328 12.8 107,162 13.2
Cancer (including remission) 415 1.3 3,684 1.6 12,927 1.6
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 157 0.5 1,084 0.5 3,610 0.4
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 1,916 6.2 14,227 6.0 47,688 5.9
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 1,090 3.5 8,644 3.6 30,160 3.7
Kidney disease 328 1.1 2,678 1.1 10,053 1.2
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 441 1.4 4,813 2.0 17,552 2.2
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 2,914 9.4 29,713 12.5 107,776 13.3
Stroke 243 0.8 2,004 0.8 7,059 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 2,034 6.5 20,408 8.6 70,592 8.7
No long-term health condition(s) 19,464 62.7 138,929 58.5 462,348 56.9
Not stated 2,383 7.7 17,857 7.5 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
None of the selected conditions 20,461 65.9 147,859 62.3 493,110 60.7
One condition 5,637 18.1 47,176 19.9 167,204 20.6
Two conditions 1,600 5.2 15,219 6.4 54,174 6.7
Three or more conditions 975 3.1 9,182 3.9 32,701 4.0
Not stated 2,383 7.7 17,857 7.5 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Number of dwellings requiring one or more extra bedroom(s) (a) 1,168 9.4 9,479 9.3 31,268 8.9
Average number of people per household 3.2 N/A 3.2 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 1.8 N/A 1.9 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent (a) $280 N/A $305 N/A $300 N/A
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,600 N/A $1,670 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 2,167 17.4 18,041 17.8 62,751 17.8
One family household: Couple family with children 3,776 30.3 30,193 29.7 104,435 29.7
One family household: One parent family 3,119 25.0 25,214 24.8 86,135 24.5
One family household: Other family 281 2.3 2,079 2.0 7,040 2.0
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 69 0.6 570 0.6 2,130 0.6
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 228 1.8 2,042 2.0 6,813 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 333 2.7 2,678 2.6 8,606 2.4
Multiple family household: Other family 12 0.1 108 0.1 412 0.1
Other household 2,497 20.0 20,562 20.3 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Separate house 10,264 82.2 80,529 79.3 281,729 80.0
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc. 1,433 11.5 11,082 10.9 38,396 10.9
Flat or apartment 619 5.0 8,530 8.4 27,919 7.9
Other dwelling 104 0.8 1,003 1.0 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 		Townsville - Mackay % Townsville - Mackay Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Owned outright 1,406 11.3 12,395 12.2 48,452 13.8
Owned with a mortgage (a) 3,270 26.2 26,096 25.7 96,647 27.5
Rented (b) 7,341 58.8 59,211 58.3 192,703 54.7
Other (c) 153 1.2 1,295 1.3 5,582 1.6
Not stated 319 2.6 2,502 2.5 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.