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Population Estimates by Indigenous Status

In response to a statistical need within the Queensland Government, Queensland Treasury and Trade has developed detailed population estimates by Indigenous status.

The estimates are available by:

Indigenous status (Indigenous and non-Indigenous);
Queensland Statistical Area 2 (SA2) and Local Government Area (LGA) based on the 2011 Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS);
age (single year under 20, five-year age groups from 20 to 64 years, and 65 years and over) and sex; and
years 2001 to 2011 (for LGAs) and 2006 to 2011 (for SA2s).

These estimates are the result of a synthesis—the combining of data from two or more sources to form a new data product. In this case, data from the 2001, 2006 and 2011 Censuses of Population and Housing have been combined with preliminary re-based small-area population estimates of the total population, and projections of the Indigenous population published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), to form a new set of population estimates by Indigenous status.

ABS are scheduled to release final re-based population estimates in August 2013. It is possible that there will be significant differences between the preliminary and final figures. The population estimates by indigenous status will be revised at that time.

These estimates should be used with caution. These estimates have been made available for small age, sex, Indigenous status and SA2/LGA categories, and while all care and attention has been paid, a high degree of accuracy at this level of disaggregation should not be assumed. It is strongly recommended that the estimates be aggregated (for example, into larger geographical units or broader age groups) before being used. In addition, data cells may not sum to published totals due to rounding. The SA2 and LGA estimates have been modelled independently, therefore it is recommended that SA2 estimates not be aggregated to LGA level, as results may be inconsistent.

An accompanying Data Quality Statement has been developed to support the estimates.

Release	Type	File Size
Population Estimates by Indigenous Status, SA2s, 2006 to 2011	zip	(12,235 kB)
Population Estimates by Indigenous Status, LGAs, 2001 to 2011	zip	(4,150 kB)
Data Quality Statement	pdf	(110 kB)

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The above data have also been provided below in a comma-separated text format for users who who may not be able to access the Microsoft Excel workbook in compressed ZIP format.