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Target 9

Target 9: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people secure appropriate, affordable housing that is aligned with their priorities and need

9a: By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in appropriately sized (not overcrowded) housing to 88 per cent.

9b: By 2031, all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households:

  • within discrete Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities receive essential services that meet or exceed the relevant jurisdictional standard
  • in or near to a town receive essential services that meet or exceed the same standard as applies generally within the town (including if the household might be classified for other purposes as a part of a discrete settlement such as a “town camp” or “town based reserve”.)

Target measures

Measures



  • Number of First Nations Australians living in appropriately sized (not overcrowded) housing.

  • Proportion (%) of First Nations Australians living in appropriately sized (not overcrowded) housing, by sex and over time.

  • Proportion (%) of non-Indigenous Australians living in appropriately sized (not overcrowded) housing.


Available by


Sex: males, females, persons.


Data periods



  • Census night (10 August) 2021.

  • Time trend data (Census nights): (10 August) 2021, (9 August) 2016, (9 August) 2011, (8 August) 2006.


Data source(s)


Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census of Population and Housing 2021, 2016, 2011 and 2006 (ABS 2022, 2021).


Region types



  • Main structures: Australia, States and Territories, Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4), Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3).

  • Indigenous structures: Indigenous Regions (IREG).

  • Non-ABS structures: Local Government Areas (LGA).


Suppression



  • Only those at home on Census night were counted.

  • Data have been suppressed if the denominator for the percentage was less than 100, due to concerns about the reliability of percentages based on small denominators.

  • Data have been suppressed if responses to the relevant data item(s) was not stated for >50% of the relevant population, due to relatively high exposure to potential bias.

  • Data have been flagged as interpret with caution if responses to the relevant data item(s) was not stated for 25% –50% of the relevant population, due to relatively high exposure to potential bias.


Notes



  • Geography based on place of enumeration.

  • Appropriately sized dwellings are those where no extra bedrooms are required to adequately house the usual residents, using the criteria of the Canadian National Occupancy Standard (CNOS). For more information on the CNOS, see Housing suitability (HOSD).

  • Data excludes people for whom Indigenous status was not stated.

  • Data excludes people for whom labour force status was not stated on inadequately described.

  • Data for 2021 was analysed by the AIHW using ABS TableBuilder. Data for 2016, 2011 and 2006 was sourced from a custom data request provided by the ABS.

  • Data have been randomly adjusted by the ABS to protect confidentiality. No reliance should be placed on small numbers.

Reference material

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (2021) Census of Population and Housing: Census Dictionary, 2021, ABS website, accessed 26 October 2023.

ABS (2022) 2021 Census of Population and Housing [TableBuilder], 26 October 2023.

Productivity Commission (PC) (2023) Socioeconomic outcome area 9, PC website, accessed 26 October 2023.