Summary Characteristics, Tasmania |
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| | | Indigenous | Non-Indigenous |
| | | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total |
| | | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. |
Persons(a) |
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Estimated Resident Population(b) | 8 447 | 8 453 | 16 900 | 233 144 | 239 878 | 473 022 |
Language spoken at home | | | | | | |
| English only | 8 011 | 8 219 | 16 230 | . . | . . | . . |
| Australian Indigenous Languages | 9 | 24 | 33 | . . | . . | . . |
| Other Languages | 60 | 60 | 120 | . . | . . | . . |
| Total(c) | 8 080 | 8 303 | 16 383 | . . | . . | . . |
Education | | | | | | |
| Attending | | | | | | |
| | Pre-school | 137 | 101 | 238 | 1 875 | 1 842 | 3 717 |
| | Infants/Primary | 1 431 | 1 362 | 2 793 | 20 703 | 19 489 | 40 192 |
| | Secondary | 830 | 849 | 1 679 | 13 980 | 13 811 | 27 791 |
| | Technical or Further Educational Institution(d) | 299 | 364 | 663 | 5 481 | 6 173 | 11 654 |
| | University | 84 | 176 | 260 | 5 881 | 7 908 | 13 789 |
| | Other/Institution not stated(e) | 250 | 287 | 537 | 2 960 | 3 708 | 6 668 |
| | Total(c) | 3 031 | 3 139 | 6 170 | 50 880 | 52 931 | 103 811 |
| Highest year of school completed(f) | | | | | | |
| | Year 12 or equivalent | 866 | 1 199 | 2 065 | 54 691 | 61 914 | 116 611 |
| | Year 11 or equivalent | 492 | 615 | 1 109 | 14 029 | 16 559 | 30 585 |
| | Year 10 or equivalent | 2 067 | 2 198 | 4 266 | 59 789 | 61 386 | 121 179 |
| | Year 9 or equivalent | 826 | 722 | 1 549 | 18 718 | 18 231 | 36 950 |
| | Year 8 or below | 479 | 386 | 869 | 12 750 | 13 316 | 26 067 |
| | Did not go to school | 40 | 31 | 72 | 653 | 564 | 1 217 |
| | Total(c) | 4 779 | 5 153 | 9 931 | 160 634 | 171 980 | 332 614 |
| Highest non-school qualification(f) | | | | | | |
| | Postgraduate Degree | 19 | 21 | 40 | 3 573 | 2 679 | 6 252 |
| | Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate | 11 | 21 | 32 | 1 609 | 2 650 | 4 259 |
| | Bachelor Degree | 124 | 238 | 362 | 14 323 | 19 962 | 34 285 |
| | Advanced Diploma and Diploma | 108 | 236 | 344 | 9 711 | 12 430 | 22 141 |
| | Certificate Level | 1 098 | 839 | 1 937 | 43 728 | 21 568 | 65 296 |
| | Total(c) | 1 360 | 1 355 | 2 715 | 72 944 | 59 289 | 132 233 |
Work | | | | | | |
| Labour force status | | | | | | |
| | Employed | 2 835 | 2 568 | 5 402 | 104 981 | 92 629 | 197 610 |
| | Unemployed | 491 | 368 | 857 | 7 420 | 5 964 | 13 384 |
| | Total labour force | 3 324 | 2 936 | 6 261 | 112 398 | 98 592 | 210 988 |
| | Not in the labour force | 1 711 | 2 429 | 4 143 | 55 125 | 80 577 | 135 703 |
| Top three industries for Indigenous persons(g) | | | | | | |
| | Retail Trade | 239 | 406 | 645 | . . | . . | . . |
| | Manufacturing | 496 | 141 | 637 | . . | . . | . . |
| | Health Care and Social Assistance | 108 | 484 | 592 | . . | . . | . . |
| Top three industries for non-Indigenous persons(g) | | | | | | |
| | Retail Trade | . . | . . | . . | 10 022 | 13 563 | 23 585 |
| | Health Care and Social Assistance | . . | . . | . . | 4 636 | 17 963 | 22 599 |
| | Manufacturing | . . | . . | . . | 15 540 | 4 788 | 20 328 |
| Top three occupations for Indigenous persons(g) | | | | | | |
| | Labourers | 664 | 449 | 1 113 | . . | . . | . . |
| | Technicians and Trades Workers | 713 | 140 | 853 | . . | . . | . . |
| | Community and Personal Service Workers | 181 | 509 | 690 | . . | . . | . . |
| Top three occupations for non-Indigenous persons(g) | | | | | | |
| | Professionals | . . | . . | . . | 15 764 | 19 498 | 35 262 |
| | Technicians and Trades Workers | . . | . . | . . | 24 217 | 4 629 | 28 846 |
| | Clerical and Administrative Workers | . . | . . | . . | 6 452 | 21 393 | 27 845 |
Mean weekly equivalised household income ($)(h) | . . | . . | 483 | . . | . . | 629 |
Dwellings |
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Occupied private dwelling(i) | . . | . . | 7 924 | . . | . . | 173 978 |
Average household size | . . | . . | 3.0 | . . | . . | 2.4 |
Average number of Children under 15 | . . | . . | 0.9 | . . | . . | 0.5 |
Housing tenure | | | | | | |
| Owned outright | . . | . . | 1 435 | . . | . . | 67 356 |
| Owned with a mortgage | . . | . . | 2 737 | . . | . . | 58 052 |
| Rented | | | | | | |
| | Private | . . | . . | 1 836 | . . | . . | 28 022 |
| | State/Territory housing authority | . . | . . | 1 318 | . . | . . | 9 065 |
| | Community housing group | . . | . . | 80 | . . | . . | 1 008 |
| | Other | - | - | 170 | - | - | 2 372 |
| | Landlord type not stated | . . | . . | 91 | . . | . . | 1 617 |
| | Total Rented | . . | . . | 3 495 | . . | . . | 42 084 |
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- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
(a) Based on place of usual residence. |
(b) Estimates at 30 June 2006 are preliminary and subject to revision. See Glossary. Note: Final estimates have now been released and are available in publication 3238.0.55.001 - Experimental Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, June 2006. |
(c) Excludes persons whose response was not stated. |
(d) Includes TAFE Colleges. |
(e) Other includes persons who are attending but did not indicate the type of institution. |
(f) Persons aged 15 years and over. |
(g) Employed persons aged 15 years and over. |
(h) Comprises persons in households in which there were no temporarily absent adults and all incomes were fully stated. |
(i) Excludes non-classifiable households and visitor only households. |
Note: . . not applicable |