Publication TypeResearch ReportAbstractRevised estimates of the population of the Northern Territory in 2016 by Indigenous status, along with regional and local estimates, were published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on 31st August 2018. Detailed statistics are available in the ABS publication Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. This brief summarises a few key points.
As of 30th June 2016 the Indigenous population of the Territory was estimated to be 74,546, representing 30.3% of the Territory’s total population. The Indigenous population has grown by 5,696 (or 8.3%) since 2011; the non-Indigenous population grew by 8,690 (or 5.3%) over the same period. The graph below shows the size of the Territory’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations in 2011 and 2016.
The Indigenous population of Australia as a whole in 2016 was estimated to be 798,365. The Territory therefore is home to 9.3% of Australia’s Indigenous peoples.AuthorDr Tom WilsonDate2016Publication CollectionNorthern Institute Research Reports
Dr Tom Wilson, Territory Population Update - New IndigenousPopulation Statistics for 2016 (2016). Charles Darwin University, accessed 21/05/2025, https://digitalcollections.cdu.edu.au/nodes/view/4701
