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Queensland · SA2 315011402

What's going on in Torres Strait Islands

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Top rank

#2 of 530 in Queensland

for % of dwellings with no motor vehicle (52.9%)

Rank 2

#3 of 530 in Queensland

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (90.6%)

Rank 3

#4 of 530 in Queensland

for % of households renting (89.4%)

The three dimensions where Torres Strait Islands picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$976 / week
#517 of 530 in Queensland

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
27 years
#524 of 530 in Queensland

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
89.4%
#4 of 530 in Queensland

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
11.7%
#15 of 530 in Queensland

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
1.00
#25 of 530 in Queensland

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Torres Strait Islands's sharpest rank is for % of dwellings with no motor vehicle. These are the places sitting either side of it in Queensland — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #1 · one rank above Aurukun Queensland ↓ #3 · one rank below Palm Island Queensland

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.