Social Indicators for Aboriginal Governance: Insights from the Thamarrurr Region, Northern Territory

Table of Contents

List of figures

List of tables

Abbreviations and acronyms

Acknowledgments

1. Background and conceptual issues

Methods
Regional planning
What is a region?
The Thamarrurr region
Baseline profiles
Cultural relevance

2. Demography of the Thamarrurr region

Population size
Community census
Family size
Mobility and service populations
Age composition
Age grades
Population projections

3. The regional labour market

Regional labour force status
Dependency ratios
Industry and occupation
CDEP activities
Estimating future labour force status

4. Income from employment and welfare

Employment and non-employment income
Welfare income

5. Education and training

Participation in schooling
Outcomes
Participation in vocational education and training

6. Housing and infrastructure

Housing
Future housing needs
Environmental health infrastructure

7. Health status

Estimation of mortality
Cause of death
Hospital separations
Hospitalisation diagnoses
Primary health status
Child health
Nutrition
Health-related quality of life assessment
Primary health care services

8. Regional involvement in the criminal justice system

Data sources
Reported offences
Correctional services
Custodial sentences
Juvenile diversion

9. Implications for regional planning

Demography
Jobs and economic status
Education and training
Housing and infrastructure
Health status
Criminal justice
Information systems for regional planning
Partnerships and capacity building