Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
population – Victoria
2011
2006
Change
Total Indigenous population
37,991
30,143
26.0%
Aboriginal population
34,947
27,071
29.1%
Torres Strait Islander population
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)
2,161
2219
-2.6%
883
853
3.5%
22
21
+1 year
68.4%
69.9%
-1.5%
66.3%
68.2%
-1.9%
390
331
17.8%
962
763
26.1%
Dwellings owned outright
2,425
1,875
29.3%
Dwellings owned with a mortgage
5,051
3,791
33.2%
Dwellings rented
9,897
7,617
29.9%
200
150
33.3%
1,500
1,152
30.2%
3.2
3.0
-
1.2
1.2
-
6,639
4,339
53.0%
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
1,073
642
67.1%
11,360
9,041
25.6%
Part time students
2,308
1,596
44.6%
(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.