School Education
Author/editor: Crawford, H, & Venn, D
Paper no: 10
Year published: 2018
This papers uses data from the Census of Population and Housing to examine trends between 2006 and 2016 in two aspects of Indigenous education: school participation and Year 12 attainment. We find that there has been considerable growth in the Indigenous school student population, both at primary…
Trends in partnering and fertility among the Indigenous population
Author/editor: Venn, D & Crawford, H
Paper no: 13
Year published: 2018
This paper uses data from the Census of Population and Housing to examine trends in Indigenous partnering and fertility between 2006 and 2016. The proportion of Indigenous adults who are partnered (either married or living in a de facto relationship) fell during the period examined. There were…
Indigenous Population change in the 2016 Census
Author/editor: Markham F, Biddle N
Paper no: 1
Year published: 2017
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the changing size and spatial distribution of the Indigenous population of Australia, comparing the results of the 2011 and 2016 censuses. The paper summarises five key aspects of the intercensal change: • the growth in the estimated…