SELECTED SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS


LEVEL OF HIGHEST EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

People aged 15 years and over with lower levels of educational attainment were more likely to have been identified as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person on both their Census and death registration records. Most people (86%) without any educational attainment were identified consistently. More than half (61%) of people who had Year 12 as their highest educational attainment had been identified consistently. This was considerably higher than the rate of consistent identification among people who had attained a non-school qualification of a Bachelor degree or above (38%) or an Advanced Diploma or a Diploma (37%) or a Certificate level III or IV (44%). Identification on the Census record only was most likely among people with an Advanced diploma and diploma (43%), a Certificate III or IV (39%) or a Bachelor degree or above qualification (38%). People who had completed a Bachelor degree of above were more likely to have been identified on the death registration record only than people with any other level educational attainment.


LINKED DEATH REGISTRATION AND CENSUS RECORDS FOR ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE(a), Highest educational attainment, propensity to identify, 2011–12

LABOUR FORCE STATUS

Among people aged 15–64 years, those who were not participating in the labour force at the time of the Census time had a higher rate of consistent reporting of Indigenous status in the Census and on their death registration record (71%) compared to those who were unemployed (66%) and those who were employed (61%). Males who had been unemployed at the time of the Census were more likely than employed males to have been identified consistently across both records (67% compared with 60%). The pattern of consistent reporting by labour force status was similar for females and males. However, employed males were more likely to have been identified in the Census only than employed females (29% compared with 16%).




PERSONAL INCOME

Among people aged 15 years and over with a relatively low level of personal income at Census time ($1-$299 per week), the rate of consistent identification as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person was higher than for people with a relatively high level of income ($600 or more per week) (68% compared with 47%). In contrast, people with a relatively high level of personal income were more likely than those with a relatively low level of income to be identified in the Census only (34% compared with 23%). Identification on the death registration only was lower among people on a relatively low personal income (9%) than among those with a relatively high income (19%).



RELATIVE SOCIOECONOMIC ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE OF AREA

Consistent reporting of Indigenous status declined with the level of disadvantage of the area that people came from. Just over two-thirds (69%) of people from the most disadvantaged areas (the first quintile) were identified consistently across both records, compared with 26% of people from the most advantaged areas (the highest quintile). People from the most advantaged areas were more likely than those from the most disadvantaged areas to have identified in the Census only (51% compared with 21%).



In non-remote areas, identification by relative socioeconomic advantage and disadvantage of area followed a similar pattern. For non-remote areas, over half (59%) of people residing in the most disadvantaged areas (first quintile) were identified consistently, compared with 38% of those from areas of relatively high advantage (fourth and fifth quintiles). In contrast, 38% of people from areas of most advantage were identified in the Census only, compared with 27% of those from areas of most disadvantage.

In remote areas, the majority (over 90%) of people from more disadvantaged areas (the first to third quintiles) were identified consistently, compared with 79% of those from more advantaged areas (fourth and fifth quintiles). However, there were only a small (24) number of records for people from more advantaged remote areas.


LANDLORD AND TENURE TYPE

Most (78%) people who were residing in a dwelling rented from a state or territory housing authority at Census time were identified as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person in both the Census and on their death registration record. People residing in a dwelling that was owned outright were over twice as likely to have identified on the Census only as those who were living in a dwelling rented from a state or territory housing authority (42% compared with 17%). People who were residing in an owner occupied dwelling with a mortgage were also more likely to have identified on the Census only (36%).

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