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SUMMARY CHARACTERISTICS, NEW SOUTH WALES

As at 30 June 2006, the preliminary Estimated Indigenous Resident Population (ERP) in New South Wales was 148,178 (2.2% of all people in New South Wales).

Some key characteristics of the Indigenous population in New South Wales, 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 3.2 people per Indigenous household.
• An Australian Indigenous language was spoken at home by less than 1% of Indigenous respondents.
• 35% and 21% of respondents aged 15 years and over stated Year 10 and Year 12 or equivalent respectively as their highest level of schooling.
• 54% of Indigenous respondents aged 15 years and over were in the labour force. Of these respondents, unemployed persons accounted for 19%.
• The most common Occupations reported were Labourers, Community and Personal Service Workers, and Technicians and Trade Workers (19%, 16% and 13% respectively).
• The most common Industries of employment reported were Health Care and Social Assistance (14%) Public Administration and Safety (10%), and Education and Training (9%).
• 59% of Indigenous households were living in rented dwellings and 36% of households were living in dwellings that were owned with or without a mortgage.

Summary Characteristics, New South Wales
			Indigenous			Non-Indigenous
			Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
			no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Persons(a)
Estimated Resident Population(b)			73 996.0	74 182	148 178	3 304 098	3 364 906	6 669 004
Language spoken at home
	English only		63 403	66 733	130 136	. .	. .	. .
	Australian Indigenous Languages		379	426	805	. .	. .	. .
	Other Languages		820	670	1 490	. .	. .	. .
	Total(c)		64 602	67 829	132 431	. .	. .	. .
Education
	Attending
		Pre-school	2 082	1 911	3 993	56 571	51 379	107 950
		Infants/Primary	11 438	10 870	22 308	263 723	250 453	514 176
		Secondary	6 849	6 754	13 603	209 885	207 670	417 555
		Technical or Further Educational Institution(d)	1 738	2 445	4 183	76 566	78 136	154 702
		University	777	1 571	2 348	104 306	130 599	234 905
		Other/Institution not stated(e)	2 123	2 336	4 459	47 747	57 872	105 619
		Total(c)	25 007	25 887	50 894	758 798	776 109	1 534 907
	Highest year of school completed(f)
		Year 12 or equivalent	7 092	8 867	15 961	1 067 908	1 121 543	2 189 453
		Year 11 or equivalent	3 088	3 755	6 851	151 227	150 552	301 784
		Year 10 or equivalent	12 559	14 054	26 611	639 152	675 510	1 314 663
		Year 9 or equivalent	6 915	7 656	14 568	189 610	204 745	394 358
		Year 8 or below	5 350	5 019	10 373	160 000	173 540	333 542
		Did not go to school	500	316	818	22 258	30 650	52 903
		Total(c)	35 512	39 670	75 179	2 230 161	2 356 539	4 586 704
	Highest non-school qualification(f)
		Postgraduate Degree	203	250	453	91 560	70 037	161 597
		Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate	136	250	386	24 263	40 904	65 167
		Bachelor Degree	969	1 823	2 792	289 311	339 298	628 609
		Advanced Diploma and Diploma	958	1 974	2 932	157 761	224 138	381 899
		Certificate Level	6 969	5 500	12 469	576 651	286 098	862 749
		Total(c)	9 235	9 797	19 032	1 139 546	960 475	2 100 021
Work
	Labour force status
		Employed	18 541	16 738	35 277	1 538 348	1 311 809	2 850 157
		Unemployed	4 678	3 748	8 423	94 082	78 345	172 427
		Total labour force	23 211	20 485	43 700	1 632 433	1 390 152	3 022 584
		Not in the labour force	15 764	21 650	37 409	679 022	1 052 077	1 731 097
	Top three industries for Indigenous persons(g)
		Health Care and Social Assistance	1 271	3 826	5 097	. .	. .	. .
		Public Administration and Safety	1 971	1 540	3 511	. .	. .	. .
		Education and Training	953	2 354	3 307	. .	. .	. .
	Top three industries for non-Indigenous persons(g)
		Retail Trade	. .	. .	. .	137 521	180 258	317 779
		Health Care and Social Assistance	. .	. .	. .	66 039	230 821	296 860
		Manufacturing	. .	. .	. .	198 153	74 246	272 399
	Top three occupations for Indigenous persons(g)
		Labourers	4 710	2 058	6 768	. .	. .	. .
		Community and Personal Service Workers	1 677	3 928	5 605	. .	. .	. .
		Clerical and Administrative Workers	984	3 462	4 446	. .	. .	. .
	Top three occupations for non-Indigenous persons(g)
		Professionals	. .	. .	. .	289 623	318 925	608 548
		Clerical and Administrative Workers	. .	. .	. .	103 910	336 823	440 733
		Technicians and Trades Workers	. .	. .	. .	331 441	56 959	388 400
Mean weekly equivalised household income ($)(h)			. .	. .	468	. .	. .	757
Dwellings
Occupied private dwelling(i)			. .	. .	57 244	. .	. .	2 270 974
Average household size			-	-	3.2	-	-	2.6
Average number of Children under 15			-	-	1.0	-	-	0.5
Housing tenure
	Owned outright		-	-	7 564	-	-	803 141
	Owned with a mortgage		-	-	13 159	-	-	729 002
	Rented
		Private	-	-	16 856	-	-	502 392
		State/Territory housing authority	-	-	12 050	-	-	96 746
		Community housing group	-	-	2 812	-	-	11 805
		Other	-	-	1 286	-	-	24 365
		Landlord type not stated	-	-	781	-	-	18 338
		Total Rented	-	-	33 785	-	-	653 646
- 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