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In 2011, there were 548,370 people identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin and counted in the Census. This represents 2.5% of the population as recorded in the 2011 Census. Population Distribution Map: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People RELATED PUBLICATIONS/ARTICLES Census results Census of Population and Housing: Characteristics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2011 (cat. no. 2076.0) Census of Population and Housing - Counts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2011 (cat. no. 2075.0) Census of Population and Housing: Community Profiles; 2011 Census Data (2011, 2006, 2001 & 1996 Census data online) Maps and Census Profiles, Australian Indigenous Geographical Classification, 2006 (cat. no. 4706.0.30.001) Population Characteristics - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2006 (cat. no. 4713.0) Population Distribution - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2006 (cat. no. 4705.0) Survey results The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, 2010 (cat. no. 4704.0) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing: A focus on children and youth, 2011 (cat. no. 4725.0) Demographic publications and articles Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population Estimates, Preliminary. 2012 (cat. no. 3101.0) Births, Australia (cat. no. 3301.0) Deaths, Australia (cat. no. 3302.0) Experimental Estimates and Projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 1991–2021 (cat. no. 3238.0) Experimental Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, June 2006 (cat. no. 3238.0.55.001) Discussion Paper: Assessment of Methods for Developing Life Tables for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2006 (cat. no. 3302.0.55.002) Experimental Life Tables for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2005–2007 (cat. no. 3302.0.55.003) Demography Working Paper 2004/3 - Calculating Experimental Life Tables for Use in Population Estimates and Projections of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 1991 - 2001 (cat. no. 3106.0.55.003) Regional Population Growth, Australia (cat. no. 3218.0) Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia (cat. no. 3235.0) Other articles The City and the Bush: Indigenous Wellbeing across Remoteness Areas; Australian Social Trends; 2010 (cat. no. 4102.0) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Population, Year Book Australia, 2009–10 (cat. no. 1301.0) Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Australian Social Trends, 2006 (cat. no. 4102.0) Mortality and Morbidity: Mortality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Australian Social Trends, 2002 (cat. no. 4102.0) Older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: A snapshot, 2004–05 (cat. no. 4722.0.55.002) POPULATION STATISTICS 2011 Census Counts(a) - Indigenous Status by State and Territory State/Territory Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Non-Indigenous People Total (b) New South Wales 172 624 6 402 111 6 917 658 Victoria 37 991 5 069 156 5 354 040 Queensland 155 825 3 952 706 4 332 737 South Australia 30 431 1 503 205 1 596 570 Western Australia 69 665 2 038 786 2 239 170 Tasmania 19 625 456 345 495 350 Northern Territory 56 779 137 774 211 944 Australian Capital Territory 5 184 338 030 357 219 Australia (c) 548 370 19 900 764 21 507 719 (a) Usual residence Census counts, excludes overseas visitors. (b) Includes Indigenous status not stated. (c) Includes Other Territories, comprising Jervis Bay Territory, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island. Source: Census of Population and Housing - Counts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians; 2011 (cat. no. 2075.0) This page last updated 16 January 2013

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