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SUMMARY CHARACTERISTICS, QUEENSLAND

As at 30 June 2006, the preliminary Estimated Indigenous Resident Population (ERP) in Queensland was 146,429 (3.6% of all people in Queensland).

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

• More than half (57%) of Indigenous respondents were under 25 years of age.
• On average there were 3.5 people per Indigenous household.
• An Australian Indigenous language was spoken at home by 9% of Indigenous respondents.
• 32% and 29% of respondents aged 15 years and over stated Year 10 and Year 12 or equivalent as their highest level of schooling respectively.
• 59% of Indigenous respondents aged 15 years and over were in the labour force. Of these respondents, unemployed persons accounted for 13%.
• The most common Occupations reported were Labourers, Community and Personal Service Workers, and Clerical and Administrative Workers (27%, 14% and 12% respectively).
• The most common Industries of employment reported were Public Administration and Safety (20%), Health Care and Social Assistance (13%), and Manufacturing (8%).
• 63% of Indigenous households were living in rented dwellings and 32% of households were living in dwellings that were owned with or without a mortgage.

Summary Table, Queensland
			Indigenous			Non-Indigenous
			Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
			no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Persons(a)
Estimated Resident Population(b)			72 728	73 701	146 429	1 969 957	1 975 160	3 945 117
Language spoken at home
	English only		52 181	55 559	107 740	. .	. .	. .
	Australian Indigenous Languages		5 525	5 721	11 246	. .	. .	. .
	Other Languages		1 393	1 365	2 758	. .	. .	. .
	Total(c)		59 099	62 645	121 744	. .	. .	. .
Education
	Attending
		Pre-school	1 714	1 584	3 298	28 410	26 057	54 467
		Infants/Primary	10 493	10 232	20 725	165 237	156 797	322 034
		Secondary	5 833	5 758	11 591	111 126	110 841	221 967
		Technical or Further Educational Institution(d)	866	1 480	2 346	28 623	36 526	65 149
		University	659	1 323	1 982	56 068	78 938	135 006
		Other/Institution not stated(e)	1 994	2 206	4 200	24 717	30 842	55 559
		Total(c)	21 559	22 583	44 142	414 181	440 001	854 182
	Highest year of school completed(f)
		Year 12 or equivalent	8 858	11 054	19 917	602 460	647 975	1 250 433
		Year 11 or equivalent	3 884	4 793	8 677	123 220	120 130	243 351
		Year 10 or equivalent	10 438	11 869	22 309	391 350	412 176	803 531
		Year 9 or equivalent	4 285	4 004	8 281	88 440	82 269	170 708
		Year 8 or below	4 700	4 646	9 346	106 761	109 526	216 291
		Did not go to school	540	423	969	6 213	6 621	12 837
		Total(c)	32 709	36 790	69 502	1 318 446	1 378 695	2 697 143
	Highest non-school qualification(f)
		Postgraduate Degree	118	168	286	33 724	26 111	59 835
		Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate	89	223	312	13 326	22 375	35 701
		Bachelor Degree	726	1 470	2 196	131 376	174 252	305 628
		Advanced Diploma and Diploma	917	1 650	2 567	85 622	114 565	200 187
		Certificate Level	5 979	4 978	10 957	370 822	167 861	538 683
		Total(c)	7 829	8 489	16 318	634 870	505 164	1 140 034
Work
	Labour force status
		Employed	20 607	17 473	38 085	956 337	817 381	1 773 726
		Unemployed	2 978	2 792	5 763	42 171	42 115	84 290
		Total labour force	23 584	20 264	43 849	998 514	859 501	1 858 010
		Not in the labour force	11 785	18 252	30 034	363 207	563 042	926 251
	Top three industries for Indigenous persons(g)
		Public Administration and Safety	4 355	3 352	7 707	. .	. .	. .
		Health Care and Social Assistance	1 382	3 395	4 777	. .	. .	. .
		Manufacturing	2 462	561	3 023	. .	. .	. .
	Top three industries for non-Indigenous persons(g)
		Retail Trade	. .	. .	. .	87 226	120 848	208 074
		Health Care and Social Assistance	. .	. .	. .	37 851	142 490	180 341
		Manufacturing	. .	. .	. .	133 116	42 597	175 713
	Top three occupations for Indigenous persons(g)
		Labourers	6 891	3 244	10 135	. .	. .	. .
		Community and Personal Service Workers	1 604	3 854	5 458	. .	. .	. .
		Clerical and Administrative Workers	922	3 814	4 736	. .	. .	. .
	Top three occupations for non-Indigenous persons(g)
		Professionals	. .	. .	. .	142 365	165 422	307 787
		Technicians and Trades Workers	. .	. .	. .	234 993	38 481	273 474
		Clerical and Administrative Workers	. .	. .	. .	55 388	207 699	263 087
Mean weekly equivalised household income ($)(h)			. .	. .	481	. .	. .	725
Dwellings
Occupied private dwelling(i)			. .	. .	45 940	. .	. .	1 345 695
Average household size			. .	. .	3.5	. .	. .	2.6
Average number of Children under 15			. .	. .	1.2	. .	. .	0.5
Housing tenure
	Owned outright		. .	. .	4 478	. .	. .	435 198
	Owned with a mortgage		. .	. .	10 192	. .	. .	459 928
	Rented
		Private	. .	. .	14 754	. .	. .	318 354
		State/Territory housing authority	. .	. .	7 517	. .	. .	40 361
		Community housing group	. .	. .	4 163	. .	. .	5 833
		Other	-	-	1 879	-	-	26 716
		Landlord type not stated	. .	. .	668	. .	. .	12 050
		Total Rented	. .	. .	28 981	. .	. .	403 314
- 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, Jun 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