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On Census night 8 August 2006, some 16,769 people, or 3.7% of the usually resident Tasmanian population identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin.
Of Tasmanian local government areas (LGAs), Flinders and Huon Valley recorded the highest proportions of their populations identifying as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin, with 18.5% and 9.3% respectively. Hobart and West Tamar recorded the lowest proportions of their populations identifying as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin, with 1.3% and 1.5% respectively.
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER POPULATION, Tasmanian local government areas - Census 8 August 2006(a)
| Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander | Non-Indigenous | Not stated | Total | Aboriginal
and/or
Torres Strait
Islander(b) |
| no. | no. | no. | no. | % |
Statistical division/local government area | | | | | |
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Greater Hobart-Southern | | | | |
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Brighton | 881 | 12,173 | 1,068 | 14,122 | 6.7 |
Central Highlands | 90 | 2,022 | 131 | 2,243 | 4.3 |
Clarence | 1,328 | 45,872 | 2,437 | 49,637 | 2.8 |
Derwent Valley | 347 | 8,583 | 549 | 9,479 | 3.9 |
Glamorgan/Spring Bay | 137 | 3,796 | 255 | 4,188 | 3.5 |
Glenorchy | 1,639 | 39,409 | 2,366 | 43,414 | 4.0 |
Hobart | 566 | 44,381 | 2,753 | 47,700 | 1.3 |
Huon Valley | 1,236 | 12,115 | 651 | 14,002 | 9.3 |
Kingborough | 864 | 28,889 | 1,083 | 30,836 | 2.9 |
Sorell | 378 | 11,068 | 479 | 11,925 | 3.3 |
Southern Midlands | 206 | 5,173 | 292 | 5,671 | 3.8 |
Tasman | 121 | 2,014 | 107 | 2,242 | 5.7 |
Total | 7,793 | 215,495 | 12,171 | 235,459 | 3.5 |
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Northern | | | | | |
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Break O'Day | 178 | 5,497 | 392 | 6,067 | 3.1 |
Dorset | 156 | 6,480 | 361 | 6,997 | 2.4 |
Flinders | 154 | 677 | 29 | 860 | 18.5 |
George Town | 199 | 5,989 | 338 | 6,526 | 3.2 |
Launceston | 1,765 | 57,387 | 3,068 | 62,220 | 3.0 |
Meander Valley | 443 | 17,139 | 768 | 18,350 | 2.5 |
Northern Midlands | 274 | 11,316 | 503 | 12,093 | 2.4 |
West Tamar | 307 | 19,550 | 958 | 20,815 | 1.5 |
Total | 3,476 | 124,035 | 6,417 | 133,928 | 2.7 |
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Mersey-Lyell | | | | | |
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Burnie | 887 | 17,398 | 770 | 19,055 | 4.9 |
Central Coast | 1,071 | 18,698 | 893 | 20,662 | 5.4 |
Circular Head | 703 | 6,963 | 289 | 7,955 | 9.2 |
Devonport | 1,063 | 21,940 | 1,012 | 24,015 | 4.6 |
Kentish | 204 | 5,348 | 208 | 5,760 | 3.7 |
King Island | 48 | 1,525 | 67 | 1,640 | 3.1 |
Latrobe | 428 | 7,870 | 331 | 8,629 | 5.2 |
Waratah/Wynyard | 703 | 12,267 | 442 | 13,412 | 5.4 |
West Coast | 341 | 4,424 | 238 | 5,003 | 7.2 |
Total | 5,448 | 96,433 | 4,250 | 106,131 | 5.3 |
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Tasmania(c) | 16,769 | 436,810 | 22,902 | 476,481 | 3.7 |
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(a) Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data. Totals may vary slightly with totals in other 2006 Census tables.
(b) Per cent excludes persons who did not state whether or not they were of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin.
(c) Includes 'unincorporated Tas' and 'no usual address'.
Source: 2006 Census Basic Community Profiles (cat. no. 2001.0)
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