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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/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
Greater Hobart-Southern
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
Northern
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
Mersey-Lyell
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
Tasmania(c)	16,769	436,810	22,902	476,481	3.7