The census found 812,728 people — 3.2 per cent of the population — identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

There’s also a growing number of older people identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, with 47,677 people aged 65 or over in the 2021 census. that’s a jump from 31,000 in 2016 and 21, 000 in 2011.

The number one most common chronic ailment is, for the first time, mental illness. 

ANU Centre for Social Research & Methods Professor Nick Biddle said the Census allowed detailed information on where people with mental health conditions live.

"Having a mental health illness can be debilitating, but even more so if you combine that with additional long-term conditions," he told Mark Gibson, filling in for Gareth Parker on 6PR Breakfast.

The census found 812,728 people — 3.2 per cent of the population — identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
There’s also a growing number of older people identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, with 47,677 people aged 65 or over in the 2021 census. that’s a jump from 31,000 in 2016 and 21, 000 in 2011.
The number one most common chronic ailment is, for the first time, mental illness. 
ANU Centre for Social Research &amp; Methods Professor Nick Biddle said the Census allowed detailed information on where people with mental health conditions live.
"Having a mental health illness can be debilitating, but even more so if you combine that with additional long-term conditions," he told Mark Gibson, filling in for Gareth Parker on 6PR Breakfast.

If it's happening in Perth, you'll hear about it first on 6PR Breakfast with Millsy and Karl!

If it's happening in Perth, you'll hear about it first on 6PR Breakfast with Millsy and Karl!

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