Closing the Gap Annual Data Compilation Report July 2021

Attachment A Dashboard snapshots and data for download

The data below are the most recent at the time of preparing the July 2021 report. Please go to the Dashboard to access the current data.

Socioeconomic outcome areas

Summary snapshots for the targets under the 17 socioeconomic outcome areas are included below.

Assessments of progress are available for the seven targets for which there are new data since the baseline year.

Explanation of the range of assessments of progress:

Nationally, based on latest year data compared to the baseline year, there has been:
improvement no change worsening

Nationally, based on latest year data compared to the trajectory, the target is:
on track to be met not on track to be met

Target 1 Life expectancy

For children born between 2015–2017
Gender	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous	Gap	Assessment of progress
Gender	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous	Gap	From baseline year	Against trajectory
Female	75.6 yrs	83.4 yrs	7.8 yrs	improvement
Male	71.6 yrs	80.2 yrs	8.6 yrs	improvement

Target 2 Healthy birthweight

Proportion of Live-born singleton babies, 2018
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous	Assessment of progress
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous	From baseline year	Against trajectory
88.9%	94.0%

Target 3 Preschool program

Proportion of children who are enrolled, of the state-specific year before full time schooling (YBFS) age cohort, 2020
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous	Assessment of progress
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous	From baseline year	Against trajectory
93.1%	84.2%	improvement

Target 4 Children developmentally on track

Proportion of children assessed as developmentally on track in all five domains of the Australian Early Development Census, 2018
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous
35.2%	56.6%

Target 5 Year 12 or equivalent

Proportion of people aged 20-24 years who have attained Year 12 or equivalent, 2016
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous
63.2%	88.5%

Target 6 Tertiary qualification

Proportion of people aged 25-34 years who have completed a tertiary qualification, 2016
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous
42.3%	72.0%

Target 7 Youth engagement

Proportion of people aged 15-24 years who are in employment, education or training, 2016
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous
57.2%	79.6%

Target 8 Employed

Proportion of people aged 25-64 who are employed, 2016
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous
51.0%	75.7%

Target 9 Appropriate housing

Proportion of people living in appropriately sized (not overcrowded) housing, 2016
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous
78.9%	92.9%

Target 10 Adults held in incarceration

Imprisonment rate per 100 000 adult population, 30 June 2020
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous	Assessment of progress
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous	From baseline year	Against trajectory
2,081.0 per 100,000	156.3 per 100,000	worsening

Target 11 Youth detention

Young people aged 10-17 years in detention on an average day, rate per 10 000, 2019-20
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous	Assessment of progress
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous	From baseline year	Against trajectory
25.7 per 10,000	1.4 per 10,000	improvement

Target 12 Children in out-of-home care

Children aged 0-17 years in out-of-home care, rate per 1000 children, 2020
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous	Assessment of progress
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous	From baseline year	Against trajectory
56.3 per 1000	5.1 per 1000	worsening

Target 13 Family violence

Proportion of females 15+ years old who experienced domestic physical or threatened physical harm
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous
8.4%	..

Target 14 Social and emotional wellbeing

Mortality due to suicide, rate per 100 000 population, Total (NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT), 2019
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous	Assessment of progress
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous	From baseline year	Against trajectory
27.1 per 100,000	..	worsening

Target 15 Relationship with land and waters

Area of Land mass subject to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's legal rights or interests, 30 June 2020	Area of Sea country subject to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's legal rights or interests, 30 June 2020
3,907,141 sq km	90,252 sq km

Target 16 Languages

Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages spoken	Number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander strong languages spoken
123	14

Target 17 Digital inclusion

Proportion of people who accessed the internet in the last 12 months, 15+ years old, 2014-15
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	Non-Indigenous
73.5%	na

.. Not applicable as target does not refer to non-Indigenous people.
na Not available.

Dashboard snapshots

Data for download

Target 1: Close the Gap in life expectancy within a generation, by 2031

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people enjoy long and healthy lives

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Target 2: By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies with a healthy birthweight to 91 per cent

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are born healthy and strong

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Target 3: By 2025, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children enrolled in Year Before Full time Schooling (YBFS) early childhood education to 95 per cent

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are engaged in high quality, culturally appropriate early childhood education in their early years

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Target 4: By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children assessed as developmentally on track in all five domains of the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) to 55 per cent

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children thrive in their early years

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Target 5: By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (age 20-24) attaining year 12 or equivalent qualification to 96 per cent

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students achieve their full learning potential

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Target 6: By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 25-34 years who have completed a tertiary qualification (Certificate III and above) to 70 per cent

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students reach their full potential through further education pathways

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Target 7: By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth (15-24 years) who are in employment, education or training to 67 per cent

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth are engaged in employment or education

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Target 8: By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 25-64 who are employed to 62 per cent

Strong economic participation and development of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities

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Target 9: By 2031, increase the proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in appropriately sized (not overcrowded) housing to 88 per cent

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people secure appropriate, affordable housing that is aligned with their priorities and need

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Target 10: By 2031, reduce the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults held in incarceration by at least 15 per cent

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults are not overrepresented in the criminal justice system

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Target 11: By 2031, reduce the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people (10-17 years) in detention by at least 30 per cent

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people are not overrepresented in the criminal justice system

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Target 12: By 2031, reduce the rate of overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (0-17 years old) in out-of-home care by 45 per cent

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are not overrepresented in the child protection system

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Target 13: By 2031, the rate of all forms of family violence and abuse against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children is reduced at least by 50 per cent, as progress towards zero

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and households are safe

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Target 14: Significant and sustained reduction in suicide of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people towards zero

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people enjoy high levels of social and emotional wellbeing

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Target 15A: By 2030, a 15 per cent increase in Australia’s land mass subject to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s legal rights or interests

Target 15B: By 2030, a 15 per cent increase in areas covered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s legal rights or interests in the sea

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people maintain a distinctive cultural, spiritual, physical and economic relationship with their land and waters

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Target 16: By 2031, there is a sustained increase in number and strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages being spoken

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and languages are strong, supported and flourishing

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Target 17: By 2026, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have equal levels of digital inclusion

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have access to information and services enabling participation in informed decision-making regarding their own lives

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