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Discover new content released on 9 December 2022, including updates to Regional overview, Topics, Life stages and Resources.
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Counting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

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The Regional Insights for Indigenous Communities (RIFIC) website brings together a range of regional statistics about the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their communities. The aim of the website is to provide access to data at a local level, to help communities set their priorities and participate in joint planning with government and service providers. The Indigenous communities and Other locations referenced, are derived from the Australian Government Indigenous Programs & Policy Locations and Australian Bureau of Statistics’ State Suburbs data sets. Refer to the Communities and locations page for more information.

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798,365

people identified as being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin in 2016

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75.6 years

was the life expectancy at birth for Indigenous females and 71.6 years for males in 2015–2017

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81%

of Indigenous Australians who lived in remote areas were very satisfied or satisfied with their own knowledge of culture in 2018–19

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42%

of Indigenous Australians aged 25–34 had a Certificate level III or above attainment in 2016

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90%

of liveborn singleton Indigenous babies born in 2019 had a healthy birthweight

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13%

of Indigenous Australians aged 15–17 were current smokers in 2018–19, a decrease from 30% in 1994

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