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Education and Employment
The 2006 Census shows that Indigenous people with higher levels of schooling were more likely to be working full-time than those with lower levels of schooling.
Indigenous persons aged 25-64 years who had a non-school qualification of a Certificate III or above were more than twice as likely as those without a non-school qualification to be employed full-time (52% compared with 23%).
In 2006, 35% of Indigenous people with a non-school qualification were employed full-time, compared with 56% of the non-Indigenous population. The smallest difference between the percentages of Indigenous and non-Indigenous full time workers was those with a qualification of Certificate III or above. Almost 52% of Indigenous persons with this qualification were employed full time compared with 60% of non-Indigenous persons with this qualification.
Only 23% of Indigenous persons with no non-school qualification were working full-time, while 41% of non-Indigenous persons with no non-school qualification were working full-time. Indigenous persons with a non-school qualification had a lower unemployment rate than those without a non-school qualification (5.7% compared with 8.4%). The unemployment rate showed a similar pattern for non-Indigenous persons: 2.7% for those with a non-school qualification and 3.8% for those without.
Labour force status by non-school qualification by Indigenous status, 2006
(Persons aged 25–64 years)
 | Non-School Qualification |
No non-school qualification
|
Total
|
Certificate III and above (a) |
Other
|
Total
|
Indigenous |
| Employed | | | | | | |
| Full-time | % | 51.8 | 16.1 | 34.9 | 22.8 | 27.7 |
| Part-time | % | 18.7 | 11.7 | 15.4 | 17.4 | 16.6 |
| Total (b) | % | 76.2 | 32.3 | 55.4 | 44.6 | 49.0 |
| Unemployed | % | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 8.4 | 7.3 |
| Not in the labour force | % | 17.1 | 39.2 | 27.6 | 45.1 | 38.0 |
| Not stated | % | 0.9 | 22.9 | 11.3 | 1.9 | 5.7 |
| Total | no. | 38 936 | 35 067 | 74 001 | 108 789 | 182 790 |
| Non-Indigenous |
| Employed | | | | | | |
| Full-time | % | 60.3 | 38.3 | 56.5 | 41.1 | 50.0 |
| Part-time | % | 18.7 | 20.0 | 18.9 | 19.4 | 19.1 |
| Total (b) | % | 83.6 | 63.6 | 80.1 | 64.6 | 73.6 |
| Unemployed | % | 2.5 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
| Not in the labour force | % | 13.6 | 26.1 | 15.8 | 30.8 | 22.1 |
| Not stated | % | 0.3 | 6.7 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| Total | no. | 4 670 957 | 981 530 | 5 652 488 | 4 165 622 | 9 818 110 |
(a) Comprises Certificate Level 3 and 4, Diplomas and Advanced diplomas, Bachelor degrees, Graduate diplomas, Graduate certificates and Post Graduate degrees.
(b) Includes persons for whom full-time/part-time status was not known and persons who were away from work in the last four weeks.
Source: 2006 Census of Population and Housing, Australia, 2006.
Full-Time Employment Rate by Non-School Qualification by Indigenous status, 2006
(Persons aged 25-64 years)
Source: 2006 Census of Population and Housing, Australia, 2006.
Further information: See The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, 2008 (cat.no. 4704.0 )
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This page last updated 1 April 2010 | 
