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This table provides estimates of the size of the population in each ASGC Remoteness Area.

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
Population		('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.

Last reviewed by on 30 September 2008