Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

WHO IS INDIGENOUS?

The ABS considers, for statistical purposes, an Indigenous person to be anyone who identifies themselves, or is identified by another household member, as being a person of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin. Outside of the ABS in broader Australian society, an individual who is recognised by their community as a person of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin may also be considered to be Indigenous.

At 30 June 2006, the estimated Indigenous population was 517,200, an overall proportion of 2.5% of the Australian population. An estimated 53,000 people or 10% of the Indigenous population were of Torres Strait Islander origin.

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