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The Northern Territory has an Indigenous population of 61,115, which represents 26.3% of the total Northern Territory population. [ 65 ] There were 24,737 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander births registered in 2023, an increase of 349 babies from 2022.
In the 2021 census, people who self-identified on the census form as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin totalled 812,728 out of a total of 25,422,788 Australians, equating to 3.2% of Australia's population [51] and an increase of 163,557 people, or 25.2%, since the previous census in 2016.
The Indigenous population of Australia is much younger than the non-Indigenous population, with an estimated median age of 21 years (37 years for non-Indigenous), due to higher rates of birth and death. [311] For this reason, age standardisation is often used when comparing Indigenous and non-Indigenous statistics. [312]
In the Gulf Country, over 400 violent Indigenous deaths were recorded 1872 to 1903. [153] In the earlier settled southern parts of Australia, an estimated 20,000 Indigenous individuals (10 percent of the total at the beginning of colonisation), remained by the 1920s, with half being of mixed ancestry. [154]
The only statistics the ABS provides for mesh blocks are the total population and the total dwelling count. [46] Yes Statistical Area 1: SA1 Populated SA1s generally have a population of 200 to 800 people, and are designed to maximise the spatial detail of census data without compromising confidentiality.
11% incidence of type 2 diabetes in Indigenous Australians, 3% in non-Indigenous population. 18% of total indigenous deaths [42] Cot death 2 to 3-fold Over the period 1999–2003, in Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, the national cot death rate for infants was three times the rate Mental health 2 to 5-fold
The report said 308 Yanomami died in 2023, of which 129 deaths were due to infectious diseases and parasitic and respiratory diseases. At least seven Indigenous people died from gunshot wounds in ...
[11] [12] By 1901 the Aboriginal population had fallen to just over 90,000 people, mainly due to disease, frontier violence and the disruption of traditional society. [8] In the 20th century many Aboriginal people were confined to reserves, missions and institutions, and government regulations controlled most aspects of their lives.