INCOME AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES

CONCEPTUAL DOMAIN

This domain includes income and access and control of resources that provide an economic return and contribute to living standards. This includes contemporary economies, traditional Indigenous economies and emerging Indigenous businesses. Financial literacy and access to financial services are integral to managing savings.

ELEMENTS OF THE DOMAIN

Individual Characteristics	Social, Cultural and Economic Environments
• Earning an income • Income support and welfare payments • Financial literacy and ability to save • Access to emergency funds • Financial stress • Home ownership • Satisfaction with living standards • Cost of living	• Labour market opportunities • Indigenous business development and support • Income support and welfare assistance programs • Access to financial institutions and services • Savings and superannuation • Community and co-operative housing ownership arrangements • Local living standards and costs

ABS DATA SOURCES

Community Housing and Infrastructure Needs Survey: see Housing and Infrastructure in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities, Australia, 2006 (4710.0), 2007
Labour Force Characteristics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, Estimates from the Labour Force Survey, 2009 (6287.0), 2010
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey, 2004-05 (4715.0), 2006
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, 2008 (4714.0), 2009
National Regional Profile 2004-2008 (1379.0.55.001 ) 2010
The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, 2010 (4704.0), 2010

Census of Population and Housing

Maps and Census Profiles, Australian Indigenous Geographical Classification, 2006 (4706.0.30.001), 2008
Population Characteristics, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2006 (4713.0), 2010
See also the Census data home page on the ABS web site.

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