Notes on the data: Aboriginal labour force

Aboriginal female/male labour force participation, 2021

Notes: Just over half (54.1% - 56.2% for males and 52.2% for females) of the Aboriginal population aged 15 years and over at the 2021 Census were in the labour force (including employment in the Community Development Program); this compares with almost two thirds (64.3%) for non-Indigenous Australians [1].

Reference

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples Profile, ABS 2021, accessed 3 February 2023. Available from: https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/AUS.

Geography: Data available by Indigenous Area, Primary Health Network, Quintile of socioeconomic outcomes (based on IRSEO) and Remoteness Area

Numerator: Aboriginal females/ males aged 15 years and over in the labour force

Denominator: All Aboriginal females/ males aged 15 years and over

Detail of analysis: Per cent

Source: Compiled by PHIDU based on the ABS Census of Population and Housing, August 2021