Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
population – New South Wales
2011
2006
Change
Total Indigenous population
172,625
138,507
24.6%
Aboriginal population only
164,611
130,786
25.9%
4,770
4,773
-0.1%
3,244
2,948
10.0%
21
20
+1 year
69.2%
71.3%
-2.1%
65.8%
67.8%
-2.0%
375
296
26.7%
941
727
29.4%
Dwellings owned outright
9,862
7,563
30.4%
Dwellings owned with a mortgage
19,209
13,157
46.0%
Dwellings rented
41,633
33,784
23.2%
200
150
33.3%
1,686
1,275
32.2%
3.1
3.2
-.1 persons
1.2
1.2
-
23,877
15,961
49.6%
3,545
2,346
51.1%
52,960
42,329
25.1%
10,443
7,411
40.9%
Torres Strait Islander population only
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander (a)
Median age
Percentage of males 34 years and
under
Percentage of females 34 years and
under
Median income – personal (weekly)
Median income – household (weekly)
Median weekly household rent
Median monthly household mortgage
repayments
Average people per household
Number of people per bedroom
Persons who have completed year 12
or equivalent
Attending university or other tertiary
institution
Full time students
Part time students
(a) Persons who are of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin
Note: Data about dwellings refers to occupied private dwellings containing at least one person
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin.