A
B
O
R
I
G
I
N
A
L
&
T
O
R
R
E
S
S
T
R
A
I
T
I
S
L
A
N
D
E
R
P
O
P
U
L
A
T
I
O
N
2016 CENSUS DATA SUMMARY
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released the 2016 Census Data Summary for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.
The following statistics where updated as of the 18 October 2017.
POPULATION
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people represented 2.8% of the population in the 2016 Census of Population and Housing – up from 2.5% in 2011, and 2.3% in 2006.
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER POPULATION, 2016 (a)
(a) Usual residence Census counts. Excludes overseas visitors. Includes Other Territories
Of the 649,200 people who identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in 2016, 91% were of Aboriginal origin, 5.0% were of Torres Strait Islander origin and 4.1% identified as being of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin.