Notes on the data: Summary measure of Indigenous outcomes

Indigenous Relative Socioeconomic Outcomes index, 2021

Policy context: The Indigenous Relative Socioeconomic Outcomes index (IRSEO) is an Indigenous specific index derived by the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) from the 2021 Census of Population and Housing.

The IRSEO is composed of 9 socioeconomic outcomes of the usual resident population. These are:

Population 15 years and over employed;
Population 15 years and over employed as a manager or professional;
Population 15 years and over employed full-time in the private sector;
Population 15 years and over who have completed Year 12;
Population 15 years and over who have completed a qualification;
Population 15 to 24 years old attending an educational institution;
Population who live in a household with equivalised with an income above on-half the Australian median;
Population who live in a house that is owned or being purchased; and
Population who live in a household not identified as overcrowded based on the Canadian National Occupancy Standard.

Geography: Data available by Indigenous Area, Primary Health Network, and Remoteness Area

Note: Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, major urban centres, State/ Territory and Australian totals were constructed using population-weighted averages.

Numerator: The Indigenous Relative Socioeconomic Outcomes index

Denominator: ..

Detail of analysis: The Index ranges from 1 to 100, where a score of 1 represents the most relatively advantaged and a score of 100 represents the most relatively disadvantaged

Source: Compiled by PHIDU based on the CAEPR Indigenous Relative Socioeconomic Outcomes Index, 2021 data.