For more information, see the Australian Bureau of Statistics website. For the 2016 ASGS, 58 Indigenous Regions are defined to cover the whole of geographic Australia. Indigenous Regions do not cross state or territory borders and are aggregates of one or more Indigenous Areas. Indigenous Regions are one of three levels of geographic units within the Indigenous Structure of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Indigenous Regions (IREGs): Large geographical areas used to report data about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For the 2016 ASGS, 1,115 Indigenous Locations are defined to cover the whole of geographic Australia. Indigenous Locations are aggregates of one or more Statistical Areas Level 1 (SA1s).
Indigenous Locations are one of three levels of geographic units within the Indigenous Structure of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Indigenous Locations (ILOCs): Encompass small Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities (urban and rural) with a minimum population of 90 Indigenous usual residents. Indigenous household: A household that contains one or more Indigenous Australians. For more information, see the Australian Government Department of Health website. Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme: A program established by the Australian Government on 1 July 2014 that consolidated 4 existing funding streams: primary health care, child and maternal health programs, Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory (Health), and programs covered by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Chronic Disease Fund. For the 2016 ASGS, 430 Indigenous Areas are defined to cover the whole of geographic Australia. Indigenous Areas are aggregates of one or more Indigenous Locations. Indigenous Areas are one of three levels of geographic units within the Indigenous Structure of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Indigenous Areas (IAREs): Medium-sized geographical areas used to report data about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. See also Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Indigenous: Used interchangeably with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.
See also Indigenous household and other household. Household: A group of 2 or more related or unrelated people who usually reside in the same dwelling, and who make common provision for food or other essentials for living, or an individual living in a dwelling who makes provision for his or her own food and other essentials for living, without combining with any other person. See also Indigenous.Ĭlan, tribal group or language group: A group of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people who share a common language and/or clan or tribal membership. For a few data collections, information on acceptance of a person as being Indigenous by an Indigenous community may also be required. See also Indigenous-specific primary health care organisations.Īboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander: In most data collections, a person who identified themselves, or was identified by another household member, as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin. For more information, see the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) website. These services range from large multi-functional services employing several medical practitioners to small services that rely on nurses and/or Aboriginal health workers. For more information, see the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia website.Īboriginal Community Controlled Health Services: Primary health care services initiated and operated by local Indigenous communities to deliver comprehensive, holistic and culturally-appropriate health care to the community that controls it through a locally elected board of management. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner: An Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person who has gained a Certificate IV in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Practice and is registered with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practice Board of Australia.
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