Local Government Area (LGA) based data for Aboriginals & Torres Strait Islanders Aged 15 and over by Labour Force Status, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 1986 Census of Population and Housing. Census counts were based on place of usual residence which excludes overseas visitors, Australians overseas, and adjustments for under-enumeration. The data is by LGA 1986 boundaries. Periodicity: 5-Yearly.
This data is used with permission from the ABS. The tabular data was supplied to AURIN by the Australian Data Archives. The cleaned, high resolution 1986 geographic boundaries (cat. no. 1261.0.30.001) are available from Data.gov.au.
For more information please refer to the 1986 Census Dictionary (cat. no. 2102.0).