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INDIGENOUS BIRTHS

There were 15,000 births registered in Australia in 2008 where at least one parent identified themselves as being of Indigenous origin on the birth registration statement. This was 6% higher than 2007 (14,200 births), and accounted for 5% of all births registered in 2008.

Queensland and New South Wales, the states with the largest Indigenous populations, had the highest number of Indigenous births (4,400 and 4,000 births respectively), followed by Western Australia (2,500) and the Northern Territory (1,600).

3.1 INDIGENOUS BIRTHS(a), State/territory of usual residence - 1991-2008
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.(b)
1991	50	508	9	593	33	190	1 257	58	2 698
1992	42	503	4	561	1 215	218	1 354	14	3 911
1993	1 278	493	31	519	1 535	264	1 359	43	5 523
1994	2 011	520	25	531	1 578	247	1 338	59	6 310
1995	2 345	542	29	554	1 492	267	1 354	52	6 640
1996	2 444	474	2 534	557	1 538	244	1 343	66	9 204
1997	2 813	457	3 038	591	1 474	310	1 259	53	9 999
1998	3 014	590	3 085	661	1 468	300	1 284	42	10 445
1999	3 052	521	2 974	640	1 558	339	1 419	75	10 580
2000	2 991	452	3 172	632	1 721	336	1 530	57	10 895
2001	3 112	522	3 337	612	1 597	468	1 688	67	11 405
2002	3 339	601	3 349	679	1 481	431	1 539	66	11 488
2003	3 254	722	3 408	578	1 687	376	1 630	85	11 740
2004	3 533	719	3 424	653	1 719	357	1 509	91	12 006
2005	3 139	802	3 657	718	1 763	415	1 485	98	12 078
2006	3 516	782	3 463	733	1 910	413	1 565	109	12 496
2007	3 720	1 025	4 486	808	2 121	308	1 595	129	14 192
2008	4 003	1 096	4 402	976	2 473	364	1 560	134	15 011
(a) Due to changes in identification of Indigenous births, care should be taken when interpreting changes in number of births.
(b) Includes Other Territories.