what percentage of the austrliaian population are aboriginal?

Answer 1

The last census took place in 2001 (apart from the one that is being done this month!), so any more recent statistics are merely estimates.

"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples comprise 2.4% of the total Australian population. The estimated resident Indigenous population as at June 2001 was 458,500. Torres Strait Islanders comprised 11% of the Indigenous population of Australia."

http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/0e5fa1cc95cd093c4a2568110007852b/ad174bbf36ba93a2ca256ebb007981ba!OpenDocument

There is a considerable amount of additional detail about the indigenous population on the Australian Bureau of Statistics' website:

http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/c311215.nsf/20564c23f3183fdaca25672100813ef1/0179c2b24398e077ca2570a8000945d2!OpenDocument

Answer 2

Howdy its a hell of a lot!
As at June 2005, the Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated the total resident indigenous population to be 458,520 (2.4% of Australia's total), 90%(!!!) of whom identified as Aboriginal, 6% Torres Strait Islander and the remaining 4% being of dual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parentage.
While the State with the largest total Aboriginal population is New South Wales, as a percentage this constitutes only 2.1% of the overall population of the State. The Northern Territory has the largest Aboriginal population in percentage terms for a State or Territory, with 28.8%. All the other States and Territories have less than 4% of their total populations identifying as Aboriginal; Victoria has the lowest percentage (0.6%). The populations in the eastern states are more likely to be urbanised sometimes in city communities such as at Redfern in Sydney, whereas many of the populations of the western states live in remote areas, closer to a traditional Aboriginal way of life.

Answer 3

State/Territory no.
New South Wales 5,052
Victoria 991
Queensland 4,762
South Australia 725
Western Australia 2,685
Tasmania 520
Northern Territory 1,567
Australian Capital Territory 134


Australia(b) 16,438

Answer 4

Why, hello mate! I'm australian mate! I'm hunting crocodiles, mate!

Bloody hell, mate, is that a kangaroo?