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SUMMARY CHARACTERISTICS, TASMANIA

As at 30 June 2006, the preliminary Estimated Indigenous Resident Population (ERP) in Tasmania was 16,900 (3.5% of all people in Tasmania).

Some key characteristics of the Indigenous population in Tasmania, 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 3.0 people per Indigenous household.
• 43% of respondents aged 15 years and over stated Year 10 or equivalent as their highest level of schooling. 21% stated Year 12 or equivalent.
• 60% of Indigenous respondents aged 15 years and over were in the labour force. Of these respondents, unemployed persons accounted for 14%.
• The most common Occupations reported were Labourers, Technicians and Trades Workers, and Community and Personal Service Workers (18%, 14% and 11% respectively).
• The most common Industries of employment reported were Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and Health Care and Social Assistance (12%, 12% and 11% respectively).
• 44% of Indigenous households were living in rented dwellings and 53% of households were living in dwellings that were owned with or without a mortgage.

Summary Characteristics, Tasmania
			Indigenous			Non-Indigenous
			Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
			no.	no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Persons(a)
Estimated Resident Population(b)			8 447	8 453	16 900	233 144	239 878	473 022
Language spoken at home
	English only		8 011	8 219	16 230	. .	. .	. .
	Australian Indigenous Languages		9	24	33	. .	. .	. .
	Other Languages		60	60	120	. .	. .	. .
	Total(c)		8 080	8 303	16 383	. .	. .	. .
Education
	Attending
		Pre-school	137	101	238	1 875	1 842	3 717
		Infants/Primary	1 431	1 362	2 793	20 703	19 489	40 192
		Secondary	830	849	1 679	13 980	13 811	27 791
		Technical or Further Educational Institution(d)	299	364	663	5 481	6 173	11 654
		University	84	176	260	5 881	7 908	13 789
		Other/Institution not stated(e)	250	287	537	2 960	3 708	6 668
		Total(c)	3 031	3 139	6 170	50 880	52 931	103 811
	Highest year of school completed(f)
		Year 12 or equivalent	866	1 199	2 065	54 691	61 914	116 611
		Year 11 or equivalent	492	615	1 109	14 029	16 559	30 585
		Year 10 or equivalent	2 067	2 198	4 266	59 789	61 386	121 179
		Year 9 or equivalent	826	722	1 549	18 718	18 231	36 950
		Year 8 or below	479	386	869	12 750	13 316	26 067
		Did not go to school	40	31	72	653	564	1 217
		Total(c)	4 779	5 153	9 931	160 634	171 980	332 614
	Highest non-school qualification(f)
		Postgraduate Degree	19	21	40	3 573	2 679	6 252
		Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate	11	21	32	1 609	2 650	4 259
		Bachelor Degree	124	238	362	14 323	19 962	34 285
		Advanced Diploma and Diploma	108	236	344	9 711	12 430	22 141
		Certificate Level	1 098	839	1 937	43 728	21 568	65 296
		Total(c)	1 360	1 355	2 715	72 944	59 289	132 233
Work
	Labour force status
		Employed	2 835	2 568	5 402	104 981	92 629	197 610
		Unemployed	491	368	857	7 420	5 964	13 384
		Total labour force	3 324	2 936	6 261	112 398	98 592	210 988
		Not in the labour force	1 711	2 429	4 143	55 125	80 577	135 703
	Top three industries for Indigenous persons(g)
		Retail Trade	239	406	645	. .	. .	. .
		Manufacturing	496	141	637	. .	. .	. .
		Health Care and Social Assistance	108	484	592	. .	. .	. .
	Top three industries for non-Indigenous persons(g)
		Retail Trade	. .	. .	. .	10 022	13 563	23 585
		Health Care and Social Assistance	. .	. .	. .	4 636	17 963	22 599
		Manufacturing	. .	. .	. .	15 540	4 788	20 328
	Top three occupations for Indigenous persons(g)
		Labourers	664	449	1 113	. .	. .	. .
		Technicians and Trades Workers	713	140	853	. .	. .	. .
		Community and Personal Service Workers	181	509	690	. .	. .	. .
	Top three occupations for non-Indigenous persons(g)
		Professionals	. .	. .	. .	15 764	19 498	35 262
		Technicians and Trades Workers	. .	. .	. .	24 217	4 629	28 846
		Clerical and Administrative Workers	. .	. .	. .	6 452	21 393	27 845
Mean weekly equivalised household income ($)(h)			. .	. .	483	. .	. .	629
Dwellings
Occupied private dwelling(i)			. .	. .	7 924	. .	. .	173 978
Average household size			. .	. .	3.0	. .	. .	2.4
Average number of Children under 15			. .	. .	0.9	. .	. .	0.5
Housing tenure
	Owned outright		. .	. .	1 435	. .	. .	67 356
	Owned with a mortgage		. .	. .	2 737	. .	. .	58 052
	Rented
		Private	. .	. .	1 836	. .	. .	28 022
		State/Territory housing authority	. .	. .	1 318	. .	. .	9 065
		Community housing group	. .	. .	80	. .	. .	1 008
		Other	-	-	170	-	-	2 372
		Landlord type not stated	. .	. .	91	. .	. .	1 617
		Total Rented	. .	. .	3 495	. .	. .	42 084
- 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, June 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