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In 2009, the majority (81%) of young people aged 15-24 years (from a total of around three million) were fully engaged in either education or work. Almost a half (49%) were studying full-time for a qualification, while almost a third (31%) were in full-time employment.
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Australian Social Trends, March 2010 (cat.no.4102.0)
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Between 1998 and 2008-09, household access to the internet at home has more than quadrupled from 16% to 72%, while access to computers has increased from 44% to 78%.
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Household Use of Information Technology, Australia, 2008-09 (cat.no. 8146.0) |
Between 1996 and 2006, the number of people reporting that they are Christian grew from around 12.6 million to 12.7 million. Over the same period, those affiliated with non-Christian faiths increased from around 0.6 million to 1.1 million people.
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2006 Census of Population and Housing: Media Releases and Fact Sheets (cat.no. 2914.0.55.002) |
In 2009, the most popular sport for children was swimming with a participation rate of 19% (502,900). This was followed by outdoor soccer at 13% (360,400) and Australian Rules football at 9% (235,100).
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Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australia, Apr 2009 (cat.no.4901) |
In April 2009, the most popular activity for boys was playing a musical instrument (19%), while for girls it was dancing (26%).
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Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australia, Apr 2009 (cat.no.4901) |
According to the 2006 Census, one in four self-employed Indigenous people worked in the Construction industry (26%) and around one in ten worked in the Transport, Postal and Warehousing industries (9%).
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Self-employed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, 2006 (cat.no.4722.0.55.009) |
As of June 30 2008 the total Broadband connections were at 4.3 million (52% of all households), an increase of 22% on previous year's total.
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Household use of information technology, Australia, 2007-08 (cat.no.8146) |
Of the average daily number of full-time prisoners in Australia in the December quarter 2008, 25,355 (93%) were male and 1,953 (7%) were female. Males were almost 14 times more likely to be in prison than females.
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Corrective Services, Australia, Dec 2008 (cat.no.4512.0) |
There were an estimated 3,400 Australian centenarians (people aged 100 years or more) at 30 June 2008, an increase of 540 people or 19% over the previous 12 months.
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Population by age and sex, Australian States and Territories, Jun 2008 (cat. no. 3201.0) |
In 2006-07, 12.3 million Australians paid $356,000,000 to attend 43,460 performing arts events.
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Performing Arts 2006-07 (cat. no. 8697.0) |
The retail trade is Australia's largest employer with 1,553,600 employees, 746,900 males and 806,700 females.
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Australian Labour Market Statistics, July 2008 (cat. no. 6105.0) |
In the ABS's first survey of personal fraud, 383,300 Australians reported being a victim of credit card fraud.
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Personal Fraud, 2007 (cat. no. 4528.0) |
In 2004-05, 5.2% of Australians reported being cut with a knife, tool or other implement in the four weeks prior to interview.
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National Health Survey, Summary of Results 2004-05 (cat. no. 4364.0) |
In 2007, there were 86,300,000 sheep in Australia, in 2006, there were 91,027,000.
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Principal Agricultural Commodities, Australia, Preliminary, 2006-07 (cat. no. 7111.0)
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At 31 March 2007 there were 14,774,921 motor vehicles registered in Australia.
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Motor Vehicle Census Australia, 2007 (cat. no 9309.0) |
In 2006, Australian schools had 80,556 male and 189,582 female teachers.
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Schools Australia (cat. no.4221.0) |
In 2006, 92.9% of Australia's 25,970 prisoners were male.
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Prisoners in Australia, 2006 (cat. no. 4517.0) |
In 2004-05, 3,018,500 Australians reported back pain and disc disorders as a long term health condition.
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National Health Survey, Summary of Results 2004-05 (cat. no. 4364.0) |
At 2006, life expectancy for Australian males was 78.7 years and for females 83.5 years.
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Life Tables Australia, 2006 (cat. no. 3302.0.55.001) |
There were 115,493 marriages in 1985 and 109,323 in 2005.
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Marriages Australia 2005 (cat. no. 3306.0.55.001) |
In 2006, two thirds of Australia's homicides occurred in a dwelling.
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Recorded Crime – Victims, Australia 2006 (cat. no. 4510.0)
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For 2005-06, 47,700 males and 177,300 females reported dancing as a sport.
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Participation in Sports and Physical Recreation, Australia 2005-06 (cat. no. 4177.0) |
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