Indigenous people and the Pilbara mining boom: A baseline for regional participation

Table of Contents

Preliminary pages

Acknowledgements

A note on spellings of Aboriginal words

Acronyms and abbreviations

1. Profiling outcomes

Methods
Statistical geography

2. Demography of the Pilbara region

Population size
Population growth
Population distribution
Age composition
Population projections

3. Indigenous participation in the regional labour market

Regional labour force status: rates and estimated levels
Dependency ratios
Industry sector
Industry and occupation
Mining employment
Future employment needs
Indigenous perspectives

4. Income status

Employment and non-employment income
Welfare income
Indigenous perspectives

5. Education and training

Participation in schooling
Outcomes
Participation in vocational education and training
Outcomes
Indigenous perspectives

6. Housing and infrastructure

Housing in 2001
Housing tenure
Environmental health infrastructure
Indigenous perspectives

7. Health status

Mortality
Morbidity
Indigenous perspectives

8. Crime and justice

A note on data sources
Reported crime
Contact with the police
Lower Courts data
Indigenous perspectives

9. Implications for regional development

Demography
Jobs and economic status
Education and training
Health status
Crime
The future