This table provides estimates of the size of the population in each ASGC Remoteness Area (ABS website).
Approximately one-third of Australians live outside Major cities. The proportion of the population in each area who are Indigenous increases with remoteness, from 1% in Major cities to 45% in Very remote areas.
Indigenous and total populations within each ASGC Remoteness Area, 2006
| Population |
Major cities |
Inner regional |
Outer regional |
Remote |
Very remote |
Total |
|
('000) |
| Indigenous |
Male |
82 |
56 |
56 |
24 |
40 |
257 |
| Female |
84 |
55 |
57 |
24 |
40 |
260 |
| Persons |
166 |
111 |
113 |
48 |
79 |
517 |
| Total |
Male |
7,002 |
2,030 |
1,000 |
167 |
90 |
10,289 |
| Female |
7,166 |
2,051 |
962 |
151 |
80 |
10,410 |
| Persons |
14,168 |
4,080 |
1,962 |
319 |
170 |
20,699 |
|
(per cent) |
| Indigenous |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| % of ASGC RA population |
1 |
3 |
5 |
13 |
45 |
2 |
| % of national Indigenous population |
32 |
22 |
22 |
9 |
15 |
100 |
| Total population |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| % of national population |
68 |
20 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
100 |
Source:AIHW population database, based on SLA resident population estimates compiled by ABS.