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Nicholas Biddle

Education Part 2: School Education

Document: 2011 Census Papers

Using data from the two most recent censuses, the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) and the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC), this paper aims to provide an up-to-date picture of the schooling experience of Indigenous children. The major finding from the census analysis is that there have been significant improvements in the rate of Indigenous high school completion, both in absolute terms and relative to the non-Indigenous population.

Education Part 1: Early Childhood Education

Document: 2011 Census Papers

The aim of this paper is to provide an updated description of the level of participation of Indigenous children in early childhood education, as well as an analysis of the differences in outcomes between those children who do and do not attend.

Indigenous disability: Recent evidence

Document: CAEPR Seminar

With the current policy focus on disability, it is important to know as much as possible about the distribution of disability within the Indigenous population and how this compares to the non-Indigenous population. This presentation is based on a CAEPR Census Series paper on Disability co-authored with Professor Matthew Gray and Mandy Yap.

Disability

Document: 2011 Census Papers

The rate of disability in the Indigenous population is substantially higher than the rate for the Australian population as a whole. Despite the relatively high rates of disability experienced by the Indigenous population there has been surprisingly little research in this area to date.

Population and Age Structure

Document: 2011 Census Papers

The aim of this paper is to provide a contemporary overview of the changing size and composition of the Indigenous population. The paper is structured around six key demographic and geographic features of the Indigenous population:

Survey Analysis for Indigenous Policy in Australia

Document: Research Monograph

Indigenous policy is a complex domain motivated by a range of social, cultural, political and economic issues. The Council of Australian Governments ‘closing the gaps’ agenda for addressing Indigenous disadvantage in Australia now includes six targets with well defined and measurable outcomes for policy action. In this context there is a continuing and pressing need for robust debate to understand how meaningful improvement in Indigenous outcomes might be achieved.

Unpaid Work, Unpaid Care, Unpaid Assistance and Volunteering

Document: 2011 Census Papers

The care economy includes activities such as providing unpaid child care; unpaid assistance for someone with a disability, a long-term illness, or problems related to old age; undertaking domestic work; and volunteering. Information on the level and type of unpaid work undertaken by all Australians was first collected in the 2006 Census. The questions were included again in the 2011 Census.

Indigenous Housing Need

Document: 2011 Census Papers

This paper provides an update of the evidence on different aspects of the housing situation of Indigenous Australians. By using a regional approach, it is possible to get a sense of how the housing circumstances of the population vary across our cities, regional and remote areas. Data for the analysis is drawn mainly from the 2006 and 2011 Censuses and the paper examines variation across aspects of housing use and overcrowding, housing tenure, homelessness, and household income and housing costs.

Indigenous Fertility and Family Formation

Document: 2011 Census Papers

This paper presents an analysis of the fertility and family formation patterns of Indigenous Australians in the 2006 and 2011 Censuses of Population and Housing. Marital status is sometimes seen as a precursor to family formation. However, there are differences in the notion of marriage as a legal process, with the Indigenous population more likely to be in de facto relationships rather than legally married. The analysis in this paper suggests that the fertility patterns of Indigenous females differ from non-Indigenous females both in terms of the level and the timing of fertility.

Indigenous Language Usage

Document: 2011 Census Papers

This paper analyses data on those Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) Australians who reported in the 2006 and 2011 Censuses of Population and Housing that they spoke an Indigenous language at home. The analysis shows an increase in the number of Indigenous language speakers from 51,990 in 2006 to 60,550 in 2011.