Aboriginal community profile series SWAN HILL Local Government Area Cultural heritage Overview Population in 2011 885 19 Aboriginal people Median age Swan Hill LGA 18,492 40 non-Aboriginal people Median age Aboriginal organisations Key community organisations Aboriginal people have a deep and continuous Mallee District Aboriginal Services connection to the place now called Victoria, evidenced Known Traditional Owners by the number of statewide cultural heritage places. Barengi Gadjin Land Council Aboriginal Corporation Swan Hill LGA has 1,712 registered cultural heritage Munatunga Elders Aboriginal Corporation places including Aboriginal historical places, burials, artefact scatters, earth features, low density artefact Tati Tati Aboriginal Corporation distributions, object collections, scarred trees and The Life Course Approach Tati Tati, Wadi Wadi, Barapa Barapa, Latji Latji shell middens. to Aboriginal Affairs in Victoria Mumthelang Aboriginal Corporation Wadi Wadi, Wemba Wemba, Barapa Barapa First Nations Publicly known cultural heritage places include Corporation Bumbang Island Historic Reserve, Lake Boga, Tyntynder The Victorian Aboriginal Affairs Framework 2013-2018 Authorised and published by the Office of Aboriginal Affairs Victoria is the Government’s plan for closing the gap in Victoria Key community groups Homestead, Nyah-Vinifera and Pyambie State Forest. Department of Premier and Cabinet by 2031, working in partnership with Aboriginal Robinvale Local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group 1 Spring Street communities, service providers and the business sector. Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Swan Hill Local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group September 2014 This document provides a statistical profile of Aboriginal Northern Loddon Mallee Indigenous Family Violence people within the Swan Hill Local Government Regional Action Group Throughout this document the term “Aboriginal” © Copyright State Government of Victoria 2014 Area (LGA). It acknowledges Aboriginal community Loddon Mallee Regional Aboriginal Justice Advisory is used to refer to both Aboriginal and Torres Strait organisations and identifies achievements and Islander people. Use of the terms “Koori”, “Koorie” This publication is copyright. No part may be reproduced Committee by any process except in accordance with provisions of the challenges relating to the Aboriginal community. and “Indigenous” are retained in the names of Copyright Act 1968. Robinvale Local Aboriginal Justice Action Committee The profile is intended to support conversations programs and initiatives, and, unless noted otherwise, Swan Hill Local Aboriginal Justice Action Committee are inclusive of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait If you would like to receive this publication in an accessible between communities, service providers, Loddon Mallee Closing the Gap Health Advisory Islander people. format, please telephone (03) 9208 3020. governments and other key stakeholders. The information can help inform approaches and Committee This publication is also published in pdf format Robinvale Local Indigenous Network Data sources other than the Australian Bureau on www.dpc.vic.gov.au/aboriginalaffairs action at the local level to better meet the needs of Statistics Census of Aboriginal people and deliver improved health, Swan Hill Local Indigenous Network 1. Maternal and Child Health Annual Report 2012-13, Disclaimer: education, and employment outcomes. Department of Education and Early Childhood Development This publication may be of assistance to you, but the State of Please refer to “Victoria” profile for a list of statewide Aboriginal Victoria and its employees do not guarantee that the publication is organisations, as these may be active in this LGA. Also note there 2. Victorian Local Government Aboriginal Engagement may be other Aboriginal organisations and community groups and Reconciliation Survey 2012, Reconciliation Victoria without flaw of any kind or is wholly appropriate for your particular purposes and therefore disclaims all liability for any error, loss which operate in this area. or other consequence which may arise from you relying on any information in this publication. Swan Hill Local Government Area KEY: Aboriginal non-Aboriginal Community Housing and mobility Education Employment Population increase rate People whose home is: Student distribution Median weekly income Owned 26% 71% Total students 258 3,722 $359 $486 Rented 69% 27% Employment rate Employment status (Does not include rent-free arrangements and retirement communities) 2006 2011 Full time Part time 82% 85% 19% 13% Rental agreement types 96% 95% 39% 17% Weekly hours worked* Unemployment rate 0 <25 25-39 40+ 2006 2011 Age distribution of Aboriginal 7% 21% 49% 23% 18% 15% Highest level of education completed and non-Aboriginal people 4% 19% 27% 50% 4% 5% 2006 *Census week 2011 Number of Aboriginal people employed by Swan Hill Rural City Council2 9 Occupation People who: Aboriginal people need assistance with a disability whose home is: 6% 6% free-standing 85% provide unpaid assistance to a person with a disability semi-detached 4% 18% 13% a flat or unit 10% provide unpaid childcare mobile or temporary 0% 37% 30% volunteer with an organisation People who had moved 17% 29% prior to 2011, within: 1 year 5 years Family types Industry 23% 47% 14% 36% Household internet access Fields of study None 48% 33% Broadband 42% 60% Dial-up 3% 4% Other 7% 4% Maternal and child health visits1 This graph shows Aboriginal participation rates compared with Number of cars per household participation rates for all children.