Indigenous background
Social exclusion is experienced by 40% of Indigenous Australians.
Around four in ten Indigenous Australians experience social exclusion. In measuring social exclusion using the latest 2009 data we found that 40% experience social exclusion compared to 23% of all Australians.
In 2009, one in eleven (9%) Indigenous Australians experienced deep social exclusion.
Over the nine-year period measured, social exclusion among Indigenous Australians fell from 53% in 2001 to 40% in 2009. The level of deep exclusion also fell, from 20% to 9%..
It is important to note that the data source for the social exclusion monitor, the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, does not include people living in sparsely populated or remote areas.
In the graph below, the ‘all social exclusion’ line shows the total of marginal social exclusion and deep social exclusion.
To copy this graph for your own use, right-click on the image (or control-click on a Mac) and paste the graph into your document. Please credit 'The Brotherhood of St Laurence and the Melbourne Institute 2012'.
See data table for this graph.
The social exclusion monitor is the work of the Brotherhood of St Laurence and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (MIAESR). This page was updated using analysis of Wave 9 of the HILDA Survey in March 2012.