Based on the most recent national Census, as at 30 June 2011, an estimated 670 000 people identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians. This was 3 per cent of the estimated total Australian population of 22 340 000 people. In 2011, an estimated 606 000 people (90 per cent of the population) were of Aboriginal origin only, 38 100 people ‘Indigenous’ (6 per cent) were of Torres Strait Islander origin only and 25 600 people (4 per cent) were of both origins. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are concentrated in certain areasa,b a The estimated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population by Indigenous regions at 30 June 2011. b The legend is not continuous as there are no regions with numbers in between these five categories. At 30 June 2011, large proportions of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population lived in NSW (31 per cent), Queensland (28 per cent), WA (13 per cent) and the NT (10 per cent). The largest proportions of nonIndigenous people lived in NSW (32 per cent), Victoria (25 per cent) and Queensland (20 per cent). Proportion of population by State and Territory, 30 June 2011 Indigenous Non-Indigenous Sources: ABS 2013, Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, June 2011, Cat. no. 3238.0.55.001; ABS 2014, Estimates and projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians 2001 to 2026, Cat. no. 3238.0.
Based on the most recent national Census, as at 30 June 2011, an estimated 670 000 people identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians. This was 3 per cent of the estimated total Australian population of 22 340 000 people. In 2011, an estimated 606 000 people (90 per cent of the ‘Indigenous’ population) were of Aboriginal origin only, 38 100 people (6 per cent) were of Torres Strait Islander origin only and 25 600 people (4 per cent) were of both origins. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are concentrated in certain areasa,b a The estimated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population by Indigenous regions at 30 June 2011. b The legend is not continuous as there are no regions with numbers in between these five categories. At 30 June 2011, large proportions of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population lived in NSW (31 per cent), Queensland (28 per cent), WA (13 per cent) and the NT (10 per cent). The largest proportions of nonIndigenous people lived in NSW (32 per cent), Victoria (25 per cent) and Queensland (20 per cent). Proportion of population by State and Territory, 30 June 2011 Indigenous Non-Indigenous Sources: ABS 2013, Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, June 2011, Cat. no. 3238.0.55.001; ABS 2014, Estimates and projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians 2001 to 2026, Cat. no. 3238.0.
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