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1.14 Disability

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Note: This visualisation was last updated in December 2020. For some topics, more recent data can be found in the data tables (last updated July 2023).

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Data tables: 1.14 Disability
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List of tables in measure 1.14


  • Table D1.14.1: Persons aged 15 and over reporting a disability or restrictive long-term health condition, by Indigenous status, remoteness, age, sex and jurisdiction, 2017–18 and 2018–19

  • Table D1.14.2: Indigenous persons aged 15 and over reporting a disability/restrictive long-term health condition, by remoteness, by age, sex and jurisdiction, 2018–19

  • Table D1.14.3: Disability status by Indigenous status, age, sex and remoteness, persons aged 15 and over, 2017–18 and 2018–19

  • Table D1.14.4: Disability status, type and impacts, Indigenous persons aged 15 and over, by age, sex and remoteness, 2018–19

  • Table D1.14.5: Impact of disability on study and employment reported by Indigenous persons aged 15–64 with a disability, by sex and remoteness, 2018–19

  • Table D1.14.6: Disability status by selected socioeconomic and health characteristics, Indigenous persons (15 years and over), 2018–19

  • Table D1.14.7: Disability status by selected household and health risk factors, Indigenous persons (15 years and over), 2018–19

  • Table D1.14.8: Disability status by selected household and health risk factors, Indigenous persons (15 years and over), 2018–19

  • Table D1.14.9: Family and culture characteristics by disability status, Indigenous persons (18 years and over), 2018–19

  • Table D1.14.10: People who need assistance with core activities, by Indigenous status, sex and age group, 2021

  • Table D1.14.11: People who need assistance with core activities, by Indigenous status and remoteness, 2021

  • Table D1.14.12: People who need assistance with core activities, by Indigenous status and state/territory, 2021

  • Table D1.14.13: People aged 15–64, by whether needs assistance with core activities, Indigenous status and labour force status, 2021

  • Table D1.14.14: People who need assistance with core activities, by Indigenous status and living arrangements, 2021

  • Table D1.14.15: Informal carers, by Indigenous status and age, 2021

  • Table D1.14.16: Users of NDA disability support services aged under 65, state and territory by Indigenous status and sex, 2017–18

  • Table D1.14.17: Users of NDA disability support services aged under 65, Indigenous status by remoteness area, 2017–18

  • Table D1.14.18: Proportion of Indigenous people (aged 15 and over) with disability, by remote/non-remote, by disability status, 2002, 2008, 2012–13, 2014–15 and 2018–19

  • Table D1.14.19: Users of NDA disability support services who transitioned to the NDIS, by Indigenous status and age, 2013–14 to 2017–18

  • Table D1.14.20: Users of NDA disability support services, by Indigenous status and age, 2012–13 to 2017–18

  • Table D1.14.21: Users of NDA disability support services aged under 65, service type by Indigenous status, 2017–18

  • Table D1.14.22: Users of NDA disability support services aged 15–64, labour force status by Indigenous status, 2017–18

  • Table D1.14.23: Users of NDA disability support services, need for support in a life area by Indigenous status, 2017–18

  • Table D1.14.24: Informal carers, by Indigenous status and remoteness, 2021

  • Table D1.14.25: Informal carers, by Indigenous status and state/territory, 2021

  • Table D1.14.26: Labour force status of informal carers, by Indigenous status, 2021

  • Table D1.14.27: Median weekly income of informal carers, by Indigenous status, 2011, 2016 and 2021

  • Table D1.14.28: Selected socioeconomic characteristics, by disability status, Indigenous persons (15 years and over), 2018–19

Data sources

This measure was last updated on 7 July 2023. See table below for details of updates by data source.

Updates to measure content by data source

Topic

Data source

Latest time period reported

Measure content last updated

Disability prevalence and characteristics of those with disability

Census of Population and Housing

2021

7-Jul-23
 

Survey of Disability Ageing and Carers

2018

7-Jul-23
 

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) and National Health Survey (NHS)(a)(b)

2018–19 (NATSIHS) and 2017–18 (NHS)

8-Dec-20
 

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS) and General Social Survey (GSS)(c)

2014–15 (NATSISS) and 2018 (GSS)

8-Dec-20

Unpaid assistance to someone with disability

Census of Population and Housing

2021

7-Jul-23

Specialised disability support services

Disability services National Minimum Data Set

2018–19(d)

7-Jul-23

 

NDIS

Dec-22

7-Jul-23

 

(a) Data for Indigenous Australians sourced from the NATSIHS, with non-Indigenous comparisons based on the NHS.

(b) On 7/8/2024, a correction was made to the description of data in the Key messages: Indigenous Australians with a disability who were employed compared with those without a disability (text previously stated ‘more’ likely and was changed to ‘less’ likely for accuracy). 

(c) Data for Indigenous Australians sourced from the NATSISS, with non-Indigenous comparisons based on the GSS.

(d) 2018–19 was the final year of collection for this data set, so there will be no further updates. Data tables provided relate to 2017–18, while some content in the website text was updated to 2018–19.

Archived content

Previous versions of the data tables are available on the Access data page, under ‘Archived data’.

Previous versions of the website text for this measure are available on request in PDF format.

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