15/09/2009 Note: Additional data cube. This additional data cube presents final experimental estimates of the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, total Indigenous, non-Indigenous and total populations of Australia as at 30 June 2006, based on the 2006 Census of Population and Housing.
NOTES
This product contains final experimental estimates of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous), non-Indigenous and total populations of Australia at 30 June 2006, for various geographies.
Estimates are disaggregated by age (5-year age groups) and sex for state and territory, Remoteness Areas and Indigenous Regions. Estimates for Statistical Local Areas are available for total all ages only.
The estimates of the Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations presented in this publication are experimental. The estimates are based on 2006 Census of Population and Housing counts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians adjusted for net undercount as measured by the Post Enumeration Survey. The extent of undercoverage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in the 2006 census and the relatively small sample size of the Post Enumeration Survey to adjust for that undercoverage means the estimates should be interpreted with caution.
Description of the methods used to produce the estimates are contained in the technical note in this product.
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AUSTRALIA'S ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES
This publication presents the final population estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) Australians as at 30 June 2006. They replace the preliminary estimates released on 24 September 2007 in Australian Demographic Statistics, March Quarter 2007 (cat. no. 3101.0). While the Australian level estimates have changed little since the preliminary estimates, the estimates at the state/territory level have been revised significantly in some cases following the adoption of a different methodology to account for census undercount. Details of the methodology are provided in Technical Note: Estimated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian Resident Population - Method of Calculation.
The estimates of the Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations presented in this publication are experimental. The estimates are based on 2006 Census of Population and Housing counts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians adjusted for net undercount as measured by the Post Enumeration Survey. The extent of undercoverage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in the 2006 census and the relatively small sample size of the Post Enumeration Survey to adjust for that undercoverage means the estimates should be interpreted with caution.
The final estimated resident Indigenous population of Australia as at 30 June 2006 was 517,000 people, or 2.5% of the total Australian population.
Of the states and territories, NSW had the largest population of Indigenous Australians (152,700 people), followed by Queensland (144,900 people). The Australian Capital Territory had the smallest population of Indigenous Australians (4,300 people).
Indigenous Australians comprised 30% of the population of the Northern Territory.
Experimental estimated resident population, Indigenous status - 30 June 2006 |
|  |
| Estimated resident population | Median age | |
| Indigenous | Non-
Indigenous | Indigenous | Non-
Indigenous | |
| no. | no. | years | years | |
Males | |
| |
| NSW | 76 229 | 3 299 271 | 19.7 | 36.3 | |
| Vic. | 16 581 | 2 518 487 | 20.9 | 36.0 | |
| Qld | 71 950 | 1 969 341 | 19.6 | 36.0 | |
| SA | 13 790 | 760 263 | 20.5 | 38.0 | |
| WA | 35 775 | 1 003 270 | 21.1 | 36.1 | |
| Tas. | 9 204 | 232 352 | 19.8 | 38.7 | |
| NT | 31 514 | 77 801 | 21.3 | 35.2 | |
| ACT | 2 147 | 163 156 | 20.8 | 33.8 | |
| Aust.(a) | 257 309 | 10 025 124 | 20.2 | 36.3 | |
Females | |
| |
| NSW | 76 456 | 3 364 131 | 21.6 | 37.9 | |
| Vic. | 16 936 | 2 574 536 | 21.6 | 37.7 | |
| Qld | 72 935 | 1 976 682 | 21.1 | 37.2 | |
| SA | 14 265 | 779 570 | 22.0 | 40.2 | |
| WA | 35 191 | 985 145 | 22.1 | 37.4 | |
| Tas. | 9 211 | 239 184 | 21.5 | 40.5 | |
| NT | 32 491 | 68 821 | 23.3 | 33.9 | |
| ACT | 2 135 | 166 681 | 21.5 | 35.3 | |
| Aust.(a) | 259 734 | 10 155 713 | 21.8 | 37.8 | |
Persons | |
| |
| NSW | 152 685 | 6 663 402 | 20.6 | 37.1 | |
| Vic. | 33 517 | 5 093 023 | 21.2 | 36.8 | |
| Qld | 144 885 | 3 946 023 | 20.4 | 36.6 | |
| SA | 28 055 | 1 539 833 | 21.2 | 39.1 | |
| WA | 70 966 | 1 988 415 | 21.5 | 36.8 | |
| Tas. | 18 415 | 471 536 | 20.6 | 39.6 | |
| NT | 64 005 | 146 622 | 22.3 | 34.6 | |
| ACT | 4 282 | 329 837 | 21.1 | 34.5 | |
| Aust.(a) | 517 043 | 20 180 837 | 21.0 | 37.0 | |
| |
| (a) Includes Other Territories. |
Among the Indigenous population in 2006, 463,700 or 90% were estimated as being of Aboriginal origin only, 33,300 or 6% were of Torres Strait Islander origin only, and 20,100 or 4% were of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin.
Experimental estimated resident population, Indigenous status, 30 June 2006 |
| |
| Aboriginal
only | Torres Strait
Islander only | Both Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander | Total
Indigenous | Non-
Indigenous | Total | |
| no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | no. | |
| |
| NSW | 144 236 | 5 248 | 3 201 | 152 685 | 6 663 402 | 6 816 087 | |
| Vic. | 30 178 | 2 421 | 918 | 33 517 | 5 093 023 | 5 126 540 | |
| Qld | 112 095 | 20 902 | 11 888 | 144 885 | 3 946 023 | 4 090 908 | |
| SA | 26 483 | 1 121 | 451 | 28 055 | 1 539 833 | 1 567 888 | |
| WA | 68 526 | 1 253 | 1 187 | 70 966 | 1 988 415 | 2 059 381 | |
| Tas. | 16 350 | 1 377 | 688 | 18 415 | 471 536 | 489 951 | |
| NT | 61 616 | 757 | 1 632 | 64 005 | 146 622 | 210 627 | |
| ACT | 4 004 | 173 | 105 | 4 282 | 329 837 | 334 119 | |
| Aust.(a) | 463 706 | 33 267 | 20 070 | 517 043 | 20 180 837 | 20 697 880 | |
| |
Remoteness Areas
At 30 June 2006, around one-third of all Indigenous Australians lived in Major Cities of Australia (32% or 165,800 people). A further 21% (110,600 people) lived in Inner Regional Australia and 22% (113,300 people) in Outer Regional Australia. The remainder lived in Remote Australia (9% or 47,900 people) or Very Remote Australia (15% or 79,500 people).
Age structure
The Indigenous population at 30 June 2006 had a younger age structure than the non-Indigenous population, with larger proportions of young people and smaller proportions of older people. The median age of the Indigenous population at 30 June 2006 was 21.0 years, compared to 37.0 years for the non-Indigenous population.
INDIGENOUS AND NON-INDIGENOUS POPULATION - 30 JUNE 2006
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