Median age

Sex

Median age

Country of birth

Language spoken at home

23

Female

44

England

English

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAITISLANDER PEOPLE

PERSONS BORN OVERSEAS

• Median age is 37

• At least one parent born overseas

• Typical number of bedrooms in the home is 4

WA

• Median age is 40

SA

• Median age is 35

ACT

• Median age is 42

• A narrow majority owns homesoutright

TAS• Median age is 37 • At least one parent now born overseas, a change from 2011 when both parents were born in Australia

VIC

• The number of renters is now equal to the number of people who own their home with a mortgage

QLD

• At least one parent now born overseas, a change from 2011 when both parents were born in Australia • A narrow majority now owns homes outright, the same as in 2006 but a change from 2011 when the dominant tenure was homes owned with a mortgage

NSW

• Median age is 34

• Dominant gender is male

• Main marital status isnot married

• The main home tenure type is rented

NT

Source: Census

MEDIAN AGE IN YEARS

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40

35

30

25

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MALES

FEMALES

25

30

35

40

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1996 2001 2006 2011 2016

COLIN MURTY

Perth resident Mandy Black, 38, motherof eight-year-old Noah and Abigail, six

WHO IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL AUSTRALIANWHAT HAS CHANGED + WHERESTATES/TERRITORIES DIFFER

NATIONAL

38

Female

Australia

Both born in Australia

English

English

Married in registered marriage

Couple with children

2

Year 12 or equivalent

5 to 14 hours per week

2

3

Owned with a mortgage

Median age

Sex

Country of birth

Parents’ country of birth

Language spoken at home

Ancestry (first response)

Social marital status

Family composition

Number of children

Highest year of school completed

Unpaid domestic work

Number of motor vehicles

Number of bedrooms

Tenure type