Attachment A Dashboard snapshots and data for download

PRIORITY REFORM 1

Formal partnerships and shared decision-making

Measures and data for the target and indicators are yet to be developed

PRIORITY REFORM 2

Building the community-controlled sector

Measures and data for the target and indicators are yet to be developed

PRIORITY REFORM 3

Transforming government organisations

Measures and data for the target and indicators are yet to be developed

PRIORITY REFORM 4

Shared access to data and information at a regional level

Measures and data for the target and indicators are yet to be developed

• Explanation of the range of assessments of progress:
•   Good improvement and on track
•   Improvement but not on track
•   Improvement
•   No change
•   Worsening

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

• Assessments of progress are available for nine targets. The assessments reflect progress from the baseline.
• Data are available for 14 new supporting indicators reported across socioeconomic outcome areas.

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 1

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people enjoy long and healthy lives

Target 1: Life expectancy

For children born between 2015-17

				Assessment of progress 2005-07 to 2015-17
Gender	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	Non- Indigenous people	Gap	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Aust
Female	75.6 yrs	83.4 yrs	7.8 yrs		Not applicable as required data not available			Not applicable as required data not available	Not applicable as required data not available	Not applicable as required data not available
Male	71.6 yrs	80.2 yrs	8.6 yrs		Not applicable as required data not available			Not applicable as required data not available	Not applicable as required data not available	Not applicable as required data not available

Supporting indicator 1e: Access/use of health services

In 2020-21, 271.8 per 1000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (over one in four) had an Indigenous-specific health check, which is an increase from 2016-17. Most people (around 95 per cent) had a health check at a health care facility, with the remainder accessing a check via telehealth or in residential aged care.

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 2

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are born healthy and strong

Target 2: Healthy birthweight

Proportion of live-born singleton babies, 2019

		Assessment of progress 2017 to 2019
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	Non-Indigenous people	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Aust
89.5%	93.9%

Supporting indicator 2d: Use of antenatal care

In 2019, over two-thirds of pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women attended antenatal care in their first trimester (68.2 per cent), and almost 9 in 10 attended five or more antenatal visits during pregnancy. These proportions represent an increase from 2017.

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 3

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

Target 3: Preschool program

Proportion of children in the state-specific year before full time schooling (YBFS) age cohort who are enrolled, 2021

		Assessment of progress 2016 to 2021
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	Non-Indigenous people	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Aust
96.7%	86.7%
Confidence in assessment of progress		High	High	High	High	High	High	High	Low	High

Supporting indicator 3b: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander early childhood education and care service providers

In 2021, there were 99 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community-controlled integrated early years services, which is an increase from 86 services in 2016.

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 4

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children thrive in their early years

Target 4: Children developmentally on track

Proportion of children assessed as developmentally on track in all five domains of the Australian Early Development Census, 2021

		Assessment of progress 2018 to 2021
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	Non-Indigenous people	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Aust
34.3%	56.2%

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 5

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students achieve their full learning potential

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 6

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

Supporting indicator 6a: Higher education commencement, attrition and completion rates

In 2020, 5360 Aboriginal and Torres Strait people commenced a domestic bachelor degree, a 10 per cent increase from 2016. However, not all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students that commence a degree complete their study.

• For those who commenced study in 2019, 22.8 per cent did not return the following year to complete their degree, which is slightly below the rate in 2016
• For those who commenced study in 2017, 24.5 per cent of students completed their degree by 2020; this increased to 41.5 and 49.4 per cent who completed their degree by 2020 for those who commenced in 2015 and 2012 respectively.

Supporting indicator 6c: Vocational Education and Training (VET) commencements, attrition and completion rates

In 2020, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students aged 34 years or under commenced 33 411 VET qualifications (Certificate level III or above), which is less than the 39 750 qualifications commenced in 2016.

It is projected that almost four in ten qualifications commenced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in this age group in 2019 will be completed within four years.

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 7

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

Supporting indicator 7a: Proportion of youth (aged 15–24 years) not engaged in employment, education or training

In 2016, of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people:

• 42.8 per cent were not fully engaged in employment, education or training
• 15.1 per cent were not fully engaged and provided unpaid care or assistance to a child or person with disability
• 9.0 per cent were partially engaged via part time employment
• 2.4 per cent were not fully engaged and needed assistance with core activities.

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 8

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

Supporting indicator 8d: Employment (people aged 25-64 years) by occupation

In 2016, the occupation with the most Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people was community or personal service workers (with 8.6 per cent of people), followed by professional (8.1 per cent).

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 9

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

Supporting indicator 9e: Acceptable standard of housing

In 2018-19, 80.2 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households (around four in five) lived in housing of an acceptable standard. Most lived in houses with working facilities, such as washing facilities, while around two-thirds lived in dwellings with no major structural problems.

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 10

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

Target 10: Adults held in incarceration

Imprisonment rate per 100 000 adult population, 30 June 2021

		Assessment of progress 2019 to 2021
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	Non-Indigenous people	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Aust
2222.7 per 100,000	164.2 per 100,000

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 11

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

Target 11: Young people in detention

Young people aged 10-17 years in detention on an average day, rate per 10 000, 2020-21

		Assessment of progress 2018-19 to 2020-21
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	Non-Indigenous people	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Aust
23.2 per 10,000	1.3 per 10,000						Not applicable as required data not available	Not applicable as required data not available

Supporting indicator 11c: Alleged young offenders (aged 10–17 years) involved in police proceedings

In 2020-21, across the five jurisdictions with data, the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people proceeded against by police ranged from 406.0 to 782.4 per 10 000. A young person may be proceeded against more than once in a year, with the average ranging from 1.7 to 3.6 times, and between 10.2 and 40.2 per cent were proceeded against three or more times. For each of the three jurisdictions with data, more than half of these proceedings were court actions rather than non-court actions (such as cautions).

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 12

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

Target 12: Children in out-of-home care

Children aged 0-17 years in out-of-home care, rate per 1000 children, 2021

		Assessment of progress 2019 to 2021
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	Non-Indigenous people	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Aust
57.6 per 1000	5.0 per 1000

Supporting indicator 12b: Children in out-of-home care (0-17 years old)

In 2021, 42.2 per cent of children in out-of-home care were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children – an increase of 2.2 percentage points since 2019. In comparison, 6.0 per cent of children in the general population were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 13

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and households are safe

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 14

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

Target 14: Social and emotional wellbeing

Mortality due to suicide, rate per 100 000 population (age standardised), Total (NSW, Qld, WA, SA and the NT), 2020

		Assessment of progress 2018 to 2020
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	Non-Indigenous people	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Aust
27.9 per 100,000	na	Not applicable as required data not available	Not applicable as required data not available	Not applicable as required data not available	Not applicable as required data not available	Not applicable as required data not available	Not applicable as required data not available	Not applicable as required data not available	Not applicable as required data not available

Supporting indicator 14e: Barriers accessing health services

In 2018-19, 18.9 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people did not see a dentist, 12.5 per cent did not visit a GP or clinic doctor, and less than 10 per cent did not visit a counsellor, other health professionals or the hospital, when needed in the previous 12 months.

The reasons for not visiting health care professionals when needed varied by type of service. One of the top reasons for not visiting a GP or clinic doctor was being too busy, while for a dentist the top reason was cost.

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 15

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

Target 15A: Relationship with land

Area of Land mass subject to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s legal rights or interests, 30 June 2021

		Assessment of progress 2020 to 2021
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	Non-Indigenous people	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Aust
4,027,232 sq km	Not applicable as required data not available

Target 15B: Relationship with waters

Area of Sea country subject to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s legal rights or interests, 30 June 2021

		Assessment of progress 2020 to 2021
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	Non-Indigenous people	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Aust
90,555 sq km	Not applicable as required data not available							Not applicable as required data not available

Supporting indicator 15a: Land and water ownership

As at June 2021, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people owned or controlled 16.1 per cent of Australia’s land. The proportion is the same as for June 2020.

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 16

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

Supporting indicator 16e: Accessing Commonwealth funded Indigenous language centre

As at 30 June 2021, there were 20 Commonwealth funded Indigenous Language Centres, of which 18 were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled. These numbers are unchanged from 30 June 2019. During 2020-21, 20 443 people were recorded as accessing an activity at these Centres, an increase of 3.7 per cent (720 people) from 2018-19.

SOCIOECONOMIC OUTCOME AREA 17

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

Supporting indicator 17e: Using the internet to access government services

In 2014-15, 48.8 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years or older used the internet to access government information or services for private purposes. Looking at different uses, 43.9 per cent used the internet to make lodgements to government and 24.0 per cent used the internet to get government information or services.