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Labour Force Status
From the 2006 Census, 24% of Indigenous people aged 15 years and over were engaged in full-time employment, 17% were in part-time employment, 5% were employed but absent from their job, and 46% were not in the labour force.
For non-Indigenous people aged 15 years and over, 40% were working full-time, 18% were in part-time employment, 4% were away from work and 35% were not in the labour force.
Labour Force Status by Indigenous status (a) (b), 2006
 | Indigenous % | Non- Indigenous % |
| Working full-time | 24.4 | 39.6 |
| Working part-time | 16.9 | 18.1 |
| Away from work | 4.7 | 4.0 |
| Total employed | 46.0 | 61.7 |
| Unemployed | 8.5 | 3.3 |
| Not in the labour force | 45.5 | 35.0 |
(a) Based on place of usual residence, Census, 2006.
(b) Persons aged 15 years and over.
Source: Population Characteristics, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia, 2006 (cat. no. 4713.0)
Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Work Force
If we only look at those persons who were in the work force we see greater differences between Indigenous and non-Indigenous males, than between Indigenous and non-Indigenous females.
Almost two thirds (65.5%) of Indigenous males, worked full time, but over three quarters of non-Indigenous males worked full time (79.2%). Just under half (46.4%) of Indigenous females worked full time compared with slightly over half (50.6%) of non-Indigenous females.
Employed Persons (a) (b) by Sex by Indigenous status, 2006
| Full-time work | Part-time work | Did not work(c) |
| | % | % | % |
| Males | Indigenous | 65.5 | 30.5 | 4.0 |
| Non-Indigenous | 79.2 | 17.4 | 3.3 |
| Females | Indigenous | 46.4 | 48.8 | 4.8 |
| Non-Indigenous | 50.6 | 45.1 | 4.4 |
(a) Based on place of usual residence, Census, 2006.
(b) Persons aged 15 years and over who had a job in the last week.
(c) Were employed but did not work in the week prior to Census 2006.
Source: Population Characteristics, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2006 (cat. no. 4713.0). |
Further Information: See Population Characteristics, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 2006 (cat. no. 4713.0).
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