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SUMMARY CHARACTERISTICS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

As at 30 June 2006, the preliminary Estimated Indigenous Resident Population (ERP) in South Australia was 26,044 (1.7% of all people in South Australia).

Some key characteristics of the Indigenous population in South Australia, based on 2006 Census usual residence data, are listed below.

• More than half (56%) of Indigenous respondents were under 25 years of age.
• On average there were 3.2 people per Indigenous household.
• An Australian Indigenous language was spoken at home by 12% of Indigenous respondents.
• 28% and 20% of respondents aged 15 years and over stated Year 10 and Year 12 or equivalent respectively as their highest level of schooling.
• 51% of Indigenous respondents aged 15 years and over were in the labour force. Of these respondents, unemployed persons accounted for 16%.
• The most common Occupations reported were Labourers, Community and Personal Service Workers, and Clerical and Administrative Workers (23%, 18% and 13% respectively).
• The most common Industries of employment reported were Health Care and Social Assistance (17%), Public Administration and Safety (16%), and Education and Training (10%).
• 60% of Indigenous households were living in rented dwellings and 34% of households were living in dwellings that were owned with or without a mortgage.

Summary Characteristics, South Australia
			Indigenous			Non-Indigenous
			Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
			no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Persons(a)
Estimated Resident Population(b)			12 793	13 251	26 044	761 569	780 591	1 542 160
Language spoken at home
	English only		10 097	10 901	20 998	. .	. .	. .
	Australian Indigenous Languages		1 393	1 561	2 954	. .	. .	. .
	Other Languages		170	127	297	. .	. .	. .
	Total(c)		11 660	12 589	24 249	. .	. .	. .
Education
	Attending
		Pre-school	319	319	638	9 106	8 517	17 623
		Infants/Primary	2 159	2 145	4 304	68 186	64 916	133 102
		Secondary	1 000	1 056	2 056	42 309	41 791	84 100
		Technical or Further Educational Institution(d)	295	422	717	14 570	17 170	31 740
		University	133	282	415	22 885	30 099	52 984
		Other/Institution not stated(e)	482	551	1 033	10 312	13 103	23 415
		Total(c)	4 388	4 775	9 163	167 368	175 596	342 964
	Highest year of school completed
		Year 12 or equivalent	1 192	1 564	2 761	223 142	242 196	465 335
		Year 11 or equivalent	1 379	1 679	3 055	117 609	114 310	231 925
		Year 10 or equivalent	1 840	2 110	3 950	108 191	113 242	221 435
		Year 9 or equivalent	885	956	1 841	38 597	39 068	77 664
		Year 8 or below	1 120	1 037	2 150	45 027	51 428	96 452
		Did not go to school	180	155	335	3 793	5 101	8 897
		Total(c)	6 587	7 500	14 091	536 359	565 341	1 101 701
	Highest non-school qualification(f)
		Postgraduate Degree	32	33	65	13 207	9 510	22 717
		Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate	24	45	69	5 991	9 970	15 961
		Bachelor Degree	135	280	415	52 872	67 049	119 921
		Advanced Diploma and Diploma	195	303	498	34 829	43 895	78 724
		Certificate Level	1 120	1 041	2 161	139 983	68 522	208 505
		Total(c)	1 506	1 702	3 208	246 882	198 946	445 828
Work
	Labour force status
		Employed	3 402	3 169	6 566	363 061	315 081	678 146
		Unemployed	698	550	1 248	20 602	15 924	36 526
		Total labour force	4 101	3 716	7 812	383 664	331 006	714 672
		Not in the labour force	3 161	4 345	7 509	171 548	254 290	425 836
	Top three industries for Indigenous persons(g)
		Health Care and Social Assistance	405	728	1 133	. .	. .	. .
		Public Administration and Safety	535	488	1 023	. .	. .	. .
		Education and Training	184	453	637	. .	. .	. .
	Top three industries for non-Indigenous persons(g)
		Manufacturing	. .	. .	. .	65 887	21 371	87 258
		Health Care and Social Assistance	. .	. .	. .	17 462	67 059	84 521
		Retail Trade	. .	. .	. .	34 929	45 393	80 322
	Top three occupations for Indigenous persons(g)
		Labourers	1 046	488	1 534	. .	. .	. .
		Community and Personal Service Workers	368	782	1 150	. .	. .	. .
		Clerical and Administrative Workers	210	637	847	. .	. .	. .
	Top three occupations for non-Indigenous persons(g)
		Professionals	. .	. .	. .	57 597	68 170	125 767
		Clerical and Administrative Workers	. .	. .	. .	23 092	75 756	98 848
		Technicians and Trades Workers	. .	. .	. .	80 998	15 244	96 242
Mean weekly equivalised household income ($)(h)			. .	. .	431	. .	. .	679
Dwellings
Occupied private dwelling(i)			. .	. .	9 949	. .	. .	574 002
Average household size			. .	. .	3.2	. .	. .	2.4
Average number of Children under 15			. .	. .	1.0	. .	. .	0.4
Housing tenure
	Owned outright		. .	. .	934	. .	. .	201 947
	Owned with a mortgage		. .	. .	2 443	. .	. .	200 696
	Rented
		Private	. .	. .	2 047	. .	. .	92 393
		State/Territory housing authority	. .	. .	2 870	. .	. .	37 334
		Community housing group	. .	. .	642	. .	. .	5 709
		Other	. .	. .	264	. .	. .	7 339
		Landlord type not stated	. .	. .	120	. .	. .	4 561
		Total Rented	-	-	5 943	-	-	147 336
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Based on place of usual residence.
(b) Estimates at 30 June 2006 are preliminary and subject to revision. See Glossary. Note: Final estimates have now been released and are available in publication 3238.0.55.001 - Experimental Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, June 2006.
(c) Excludes persons whose response was not stated.
(d) Includes TAFE Colleges.
(e) Other includes persons who are attending but did not indicate the type of institution.
(f) Persons aged 15 years and over.
(g) Employed persons aged 15 years and over.
(h) Comprises persons in households in which there were no temporarily absent adults and all incomes were fully stated.
(i) Excludes non-classifiable households and visitor only households.
Note: .. not applicable