Description
- Percentage of Indigenous Australians aged 15–64 who were in the labour force by sex
- Percentage of non-Indigenous Australians aged 15–64 who were in the labour force by sex
Sex categories: females, males, persons
Data period
Census night (9 August) 2016.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2016 census-based estimated resident population (ERP) data (2016 Census-based at 30 June 2016) for the following region types: IREG, State, National.
ERP data by age were not available for all region types. In the absence of these estimates, ABS 2016.
Census of Population and Housing counts have been used for the following region types: SA2, SA3, IARE.
Region types reported
Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2016 Main Structure regions: Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2s); SA3s; State/territory; Australia
ASGS 2016 Indigenous structure regions: Indigenous Areas (IAREs); Indigenous Regions (IREGs)
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 if responses to the relevant data item(s) were not stated or adequately described for 50% or more 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) were not stated or adequately described for 25-<50% of the relevant population, due to relatively high exposure to potential bias.
Notes
The labour force is made up of all people who are employed or unemployed (actively looking for work).
Denominator for the percentages excludes people aged 15–64 whose labour force status was not stated.
Data have been randomly adjusted by the ABS to protect confidentiality. No reliance should be placed on small numbers.
The extent of undercoverage of Indigenous Australians in the 2016 Census, together with the relatively small sample size of the Post Enumeration Survey to adjust for that undercoverage, means the estimates (ERPs) should be interpreted with a degree of caution.
Reference material
ABS 2018. Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods, Feb 2018: ABS cat. no. 6102.0.55.001. Viewed 13 May 2020.