UNEMPLOYMENT IN AUSTRALIA

Unemployment in Australia

Unemployment in Australia

In 2006, the estimated Indigenous population was 458,000 or approximately 2.4% of Australia's total population. Given their more rural lifestyles, accurate counts of Indigenous people are difficult. Yet it does appear that the population is growing faster than the general population due to modest improvement in health conditions and increasing willingness of people to be identified as Indigenous on census forms (Nakata, 2006, 26). By 2009, this population is expected to grow to approximately 528,600. Reflecting a shorter life expectancy by 17 years, the Indigenous people have a median age much lower than that ...