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SUMMARY

Information on the labour force characteristics of the Indigenous population are also available from:

• Census of Population and Housing, 2006

• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS), 2008 (cat. no. 4714.0)

• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS), 2004-05 (cat. no. 4715.0)

The table below compares estimates from these collections against the annual estimates from the LFS provided in this publication.

LABOUR FORCE STATUS BY DATA SOURCE AND REMOTENESS, Indigenous persons aged 15 years and over - 2005 to 2009
		Total empl- oyed	Total unemp- loyed	Not in labour force	Civilian popu- lation	Unemp- loyment rate	Partici- pation rate	Employ- ment to populat- ion ratio
		'000	'000	'000	'000	%	%	%
2004/05	NATSIHS1	143.8	26.2	123.6	293.6	15.4	57.9	49.0
2005	LFS	148.5	27.8	135.9	312.3	15.8	56.5	47.6
2006	LFS	162.5	26.2	134.0	322.6	13.9	58.5	50.4
2006	Census2	122.3	22.5	120.7	265.5	15.5	54.5	46.1
2007	LFS	160.8	25.7	146.4	332.9	13.8	56.0	48.3
2008	LFS	163.2	27.1	153.1	343.4	14.2	55.4	47.5
2008	NATSISS1	169.1	33.4	124.6	327.1	16.5	61.9	51.7
2009	LFS	161.2	35.4	157.4	353.9	18.0	55.5	45.5
1 Includes residents of private dwellings only.
2 Excludes people in Migratory and Other Territories, those who did not state their Indigenous status, and those who did not state their labour force status.

A more detailed comparison of labour force estimates from these collections is provided in Table 8. - Comparison of estimates of Labour force status by Data source and Remoteness (available in Downloads).

Although the estimates available from the non-LFS sources are based on the same underlying concepts as the LFS, there are differences in their collection methodologies, definitions, questions and estimation procedures which affect the comparability of data. This section details the differences between the various sources.

This section contains the following subsection :

Previous Releases

Census of Population and Housing

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS)

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS)

Future Data Collections

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