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Released
31 August 2018

Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

  • There were 798,400 Indigenous people in Australia in 2016. 
  • Three quarters of Indigenous population lived in NSW, Qld and WA combined. 
  • Median age of Indigenous population 20.3 years, Non-Indigenous population 37.8 years.
  • The Indigenous population increased by 19% during 2011-2016. 
Reference period
June 2016
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