This research report is the product of a consultancy commissioned by the Northern Land Council (NLC) as part of the preliminary input into the Kakadu Region Social Impact Study (KRSIS) established in 1996 under the auspices of the NLC, the Commonwealth Government, the Northern Territory Government and Energy Resources Australia (ERA). The terms of reference were to provide a statistical profile of the contemporary socioeconomic status of the Aboriginal population of the Kakadu region (defined spatially for the KRSIS as Stages 1 and 2 of Kakadu National Park). Because of the specific focus o