The disadvantage facing Australian indigenous citizens in remote communities is often in the headlines.
Here are just some of the facts that outline the plight of Indigenous Australians:
- NT and WA Aboriginal life expectancy is closer to that of people living in developing countries than to the rest of Australia. (life expectancy is around 20 years less)
- The percentage of NT Aboriginal babies born with low birth weight is higher than developing countries such as China and many African countries.
- Aboriginals are over represented in Australian gaols (about 15 times higher per head of population) – not because crime rates are higher but because there are not the support networks available to the urban population of aboriginals.
- Average weekly earnings of indigenous Australians is just over half that of non-indigenous people.
- Unemployment rate is around 20%. The national unemployment rate is around 5.6%
- Aboriginal people in remote areas are far more likely to have untreated diseases that cause blindness and deafness and have limited access to regular medical services
- Around 90% of Aboriginal children in remote areas suffer hearing loss
- Literacy levels are about half that of “white” Australians
- Only around 5% on Aboriginal children will attend university compared to 25% or higher of the rest of the population
Here are just some of the facts that outline the plight of Indigenous Australians:
- NT and WA Aboriginal life expectancy is closer to that of people living in developing countries than to the rest of Australia. (life expectancy is around 20 years less)
- The percentage of NT Aboriginal babies born with low birth weight is higher than developing countries such as China and many African countries.
- Aboriginals are over represented in Australian gaols (about 15 times higher per head of population) – not because crime rates are higher but because there are not the support networks available to the urban population of aboriginals.
- Average weekly earnings of indigenous Australians is just over half that of non-indigenous people.
- Unemployment rate is around 20%. The national unemployment rate is around 5.6%
- Aboriginal people in remote areas are far more likely to have untreated diseases that cause blindness and deafness and have limited access to regular medical services
- Around 90% of Aboriginal children in remote areas suffer hearing loss
- Literacy levels are about half that of “white” Australians
- Only around 5% on Aboriginal children will attend university compared to 25% or higher of the rest of the population
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