Social And Economical Disparities

Question 1

Economic Disparities

Answer 1

• The 2021 Census reports that the median household income of Indigenous adults (aged 18 and over) was $825. The mean weekly household income for Indigenous adults was $1,005.
• In 2018–19, based on the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey, 40% (153,700) of Indigenous adults were living in households that had experienced days without the money for basic living expenses, such as for food, clothing and bills, in the previous 12 months
• Indigenous unemployment rates, which are affected by Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) participation, are well over twice that of non-Indigenous people in cities and regional centres and are much higher in remote areas.

Question 2

Social Disparites

Answer 2

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• The proportion of Indigenous teenagers (aged 15 to 19 years) not fully engaged in work or education is three times that of non-Indigenous people