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Target 9

Target 9: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people secure appropriate, affordable housing that is aligned with their priorities and need

9a: By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in appropriately sized (not overcrowded) housing to 88 per cent.

9b: By 2031, all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households:

  • within discrete Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities receive essential services that meet or exceed the relevant jurisdictional standard
  • in or near to a town receive essential services that meet or exceed the same standard as applies generally within the town (including if the household might be classified for other purposes as a part of a discrete settlement such as a “town camp” or “town based reserve”.)

Description



  • Number and proportion of First Nations Australians living in appropriately sized (not overcrowded) housing.

  • Proportion of non-Indigenous Australians living in appropriately sized (not overcrowded) housing.


Data period


Census nights: 10 August 2021, 9 August 2016, 9 August 2011 and 8 August 2006.


Data source


Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census of Population and Housing 2021, 2016, 2011 and 2006.


Region types reported



  • Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2021 Main Structure regions: Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3), Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4), States and Territories, Australia

  • ASGS 2021 Indigenous Regions (IREG)

  • ASGS 2021 Local Government Areas (LGA).


Suppression rules



  • Only those at home on Census night were counted.

  • Data have been suppressed if the denominator for the percentage was less than 100, due to concerns about the reliability of percentages based on small denominators.

  • Data have been suppressed responses to the relevant data item(s) was not stated for >50% of the relevant population, due to relatively high exposure to potential bias.

  • Data have been flagged as interpret with caution if responses to the relevant data item(s) was not stated for 25% –50% of the relevant population, due to relatively high exposure to potential bias.


Notes



  • Geography based on place of enumeration.

  • Appropriately sized dwellings are those where no extra bedrooms are required to adequately house the usual residents, using the criteria of the Canadian National Occupancy Standard (CNOS). For more information on the CNOS, see Housing suitability (HOSD)

  • Data excludes people for whom Indigenous status was not stated.

  • Data excludes people for whom labour force status was not stated on inadequately described.

  • Data for 2021 was analysed by the AIHW using ABS TableBuilder. Data for 2016, 2011 and 2006 was sourced from a custom data request provided by the ABS.

  • Data have been randomly adjusted by the ABS to protect confidentiality. No reliance should be placed on small numbers.


Reference material


Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (2021) Census of Population and Housing: Census Dictionary, 2021, ABS website, accessed 26 October 2023.


ABS (2022) 2021 Census of Population and Housing [TableBuilder], 26 October 2023.


Productivity Commission (PC) (2023) Socioeconomic outcome area 9, PC website, accessed 26 October 2023.

Description



  • Proportion of First Nations males living in appropriately sized (not overcrowded) housing

  • Proportion of First Nations females living in appropriately sized (not overcrowded) housing


Data period


Census nights: 10 August 2021.


Data source


Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census of Population and Housing 2021.


Region types reported



  • Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2021 Main Structure regions: Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3), Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4), States and Territories, Australia

  • ASGS 2021 Indigenous Regions (IREG)

  • ASGS 2021 Local Government Areas (LGA).


Suppression rules



  • Data have been suppressed if the denominator for the percentage was less than 100, due to concerns about the reliability of percentages based on small denominators.

  • Data have been suppressed responses to the relevant data item(s) was not stated for >50% of the relevant population, due to relatively high exposure to potential bias.

  • Data have been flagged as interpret with caution if responses to the relevant data item(s) was not stated for 25% –50% of the relevant population, due to relatively high exposure to potential bias.


Notes



  • Geography based on place of enumeration.

  • Appropriately sized dwellings are those where no extra bedrooms are required to adequately house the usual residents, using the criteria of the Canadian National Occupancy Standard (CNOS). For more information on the CNOS, see Housing suitability (HOSD)

  • Data excludes people for whom Indigenous status was not stated.

  • Data excludes people for whom labour force status was not stated on inadequately described.

  • Data for 2021 was analysed by the AIHW using ABS TableBuilder.

  • Data have been randomly adjusted by the ABS to protect confidentiality. No reliance should be placed on small numbers.


Reference material


Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (2021) Census of Population and Housing: Census Dictionary, 2021, ABS website, accessed 26 October 2023.


ABS (2022) 2021 Census of Population and Housing [TableBuilder], 26 October 2023.


Productivity Commission (PC) (2023) Socioeconomic outcome area 9, PC website, accessed 26 October 2023.