|
Topic Area |
Type of Collection |
Data Owners |
Output/Geography |
Timing/Frequency |
Data Reporting/Comments |
|
Northern
Territory Emergency Response (NTER)
|
Administrative-various |
Various
Australian and Northern Territory Government agencies |
Northern
Territory intervention areas |
Aug
07-
June
08 |
Department
of Families, Housing, Community Services, and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA):
Monitoring Report - Measuring progress of NTER activities, August 2007 to
30 June 2008 http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/indigenous/pubs/nter_reports/mon_report/Pages/default.aspx
Data
sources and key performance indicators are highlighted in Part 2 Appendix
and include data on:
-
Health, education
-
law and order
-
sexual assault
-
housing
-
income management
-
employment
|
|
Administrative
-NTER Child Health Check data |
Department of Health and
Ageing (DoHA) |
Northern
Territory intervention areas |
|
Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and DoHA:
Progress of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Child Health Check
Initiative
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/ihw/pnterchci/pnterchci.pdf
Provides information on:
-
number of health checks
-
patient demographics
-
health conditions diagnosed
-
referrals and vaccinations
-
children requiring follow ups
|
|
Housing
|
Statistical -
Census of
Population and
Housing |
ABS |
Collection district
(CD)
level |
5-yearly
Last conducted
in
2006 |
ABS: Census of population and
housing http://www.abs.gov.au/WEBSITEDBS/D3310114.nsf/Home/census
Can
provide information about:
-
overcrowding
-
tenure, landlord type, rent and
mortgage repayments
-
dwelling structure, number of bedrooms.
|
|
Statistical
-
National
Aboriginal
and
Torres
Strait
Islander
Social
Survey
(NATSISS) |
ABS |
State
territory and remoteness areas |
6-yearly
Last
conducted in 2002
(2008/09
collection
underway) |
ABS:
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey, 2002
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4714.0/
The
survey provides the following information on housing:
-
tenure type, landlord type, rent/mortgage
payments
-
household facilities, number of
bedrooms
-
major structural problems
-
repairs and maintenance
conducted in last 12 months.
|
|
Statistical
-
Community
Housing
and
Infrastructure
Needs
Survey
(CHINS) |
FaHCSIA
(collected
by
ABS) |
Discrete
Indigenous
communities |
Last
conducted in 2006 |
ABS:
Housing and Infrastructure in Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Communities
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4710.0Main+Features22006
Collects the
following data on discrete Indigenous communities:
-
current housing stock, dwelling
management and selected income and expenditure arrangements of Indigenous
organisations.
-
details of housing and related
infrastructure in discrete Indigenous communities such as water quality and
supply, electricity supply, sewerage systems, drainage, rubbish collection
and disposal.
|
|
Administrative
-
FaHCSIA
housing
dataset |
FaHCSIA |
State/territory |
Data
access on
request |
AIHW:
National Housing Assistance Data Repository
http://www.aihw.gov.au/housing/assistance/data/index.cfm
The FaHCSIA
Housing Dataset holds data on those in receipt of Commonwealth Rent
Assistance (CRA). A copy of the dataset is provided to AIHW each year and
added to the National Housing Assistance Data Repository. |
|
Administrative
-
Supported
Accommodation
Assistance
Program
(SAAP) |
State/territory
SAAP
agencies |
National
for
Indigenous
data |
Annual
Latest
release
2005-06 |
AIHW:
Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) National Data
Collection
http://www.aihw.gov.au/housing/sacs/ndca/index.cfm
The Supported
Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) National Data Collection is a
nationally consistent information system that combines information from SAAP
agencies and State/Territory and Commonwealth funding departments. Topics
include:
-
funding, level of
support/support provided
-
client demographics, meeting
the needs of clients
|
|
Statistical
-
National
Social
Housing
Survey |
AIHW |
State/territory |
2005,
2007 |
AIHW:
The National Social Housing Survey
http://www.aihw.gov.au/indigenous/housing/somih_survey.cfm
The
surveys provide data for:
-
amenity/location, customer
satisfaction, tenant satisfaction with service delivery, dwelling
condition,
-
tenant needs and tenant
characteristics such as household composition and labour force participation.
|
|
Administrative
-
Fixing
Houses for
Better
Health
Program |
FaHCSIA |
Data
available for
participating
communities |
Ad-hoc |
AIHW:
Fixing houses for better health (FHBH) dataset
http://www.aihw.gov.au/indigenous/datacubes/fhbh.cfm
Provides
data on the FHBH program. This program is designed to improve the houses and
household conditions in rural and remote Indigenous communities across
Australia.
The
data provides information about the quality and health standards of a
community’s housing stock. |
|
CDEP |
Administrative
-
CDEP |
FaHCSIA |
|
|
Data
available on request. |
|
Statistical
-
Census
of
Population
and
Housing |
ABS |
Collection
district
(CD)
level |
5-yearly
Last
conducted in 2006 |
ABS:
Population Characteristics, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/7E338A84EC8B3D1ECA257418000E41AD?opendocument
ABS Census
data can be used to gain information on CDEP participants as questions are
asked about CDEP participation. The actual numbers of participants may be
understated but the characteristics of those who did state that they were a CDEP
participant will still provide important information. |
|
Statistical
-
National
Aboriginal
and Torres Strait
Islander
Social
Survey
(NATSISS) |
ABS |
State/territory
and
remoteness
areas |
6-yearly
Last
conducted in 2002
(2008/09
collection
underway) |
ABS:
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS)
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4714.0/
ABS NATSISS
data can be used to gain information on CDEP participants as questions are
asked about CDEP participation. The actual numbers of participants may be
understated but the characteristics of those who did state that they were a
CDEP participant will still provide important information. |
|
Outstations
and
small
communities |
Statistical
-
Census
of
Population
and
Housing |
ABS |
Home/census
Collection
district
(CD)
level |
5-yearly
Last
conducted in 2006 |
ABS:
Census of population and housing
http://www.abs.gov.au/WEBSITEDBS/D3310114.nsf/
Provides
demographic details about outstations and small communities. |
|
Statistical
-
Community
Housing
and
Infrastructure
Needs
Survey
(CHINS) |
FaHCSIA
(collected by
ABS) |
Discrete
Indigenous
communities |
Last
conducted in 2006 |
ABS:
Housing and Infrastructure in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Communities
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4710.0Main+Features22006?OpenDocument
CHINS can
provide information for discrete Indigenous communities on:
Indigenous
Housing Organisations (IHOs): management, income, expenditure, housing
stock, acquisitions and disposals of housing over the past 12 months.
Communities: Population,
needs planning, health and public facilities, water supply, electricity/gas
supply, transport, and communication. |
|
Substance
abuse
and its
impact
on
community
wellbeing
and
the
safety of
children |
Statistical
-
National
Aboriginal
and
Torres
Strait
Islander
Health
Survey
(NATSIHS) |
ABS |
State/territory
and
remoteness
areas |
6-yearly
Last
conducted
2004-05 |
ABS:
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS)
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4715.0Main+Features12004-05?OpenDocument
For
persons over18 years the NATSIHS provides information on:
There
are also data for children aged over 12 years on diet and exercise, as well
as information for children aged 0-17 on health conditions such as Asthma,
heart conditions, eyesight, hearing problems, long term health conditions
and Injuries. Information on health services used those aged 0-17 are also
collected.
Breast-feeding
questions for children under 3are asked. |
|
Statistical
-
National
Aboriginal
and
Torres
Strait
Islander
Social
Survey
(NATSISS) |
ABS |
State/territory
and remoteness areas |
6-yearly
Last
conducted
2002
(2008/09
collection
underway) |
ABS:
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS)
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4714.0/
For
persons over15 years the NATSISS provides information on:
-
smoking, alcohol consumption,
substance use
-
social and emotional wellbeing,
family stressors
-
neighbourhood/community
problems
-
if respondents have been the
victim of physical/threatened violence
-
arrest/imprisonment in the past
5 years.
There
are also questions about children aged 0-14 about:
Maternal
health questions are asked of mothers with children aged 0-3 years. These
include questions about smoking, drinking and substance use while pregnant. |
|
Administrative
-
National
minimum
data
set for
alcohol
and other
drug
treatment
services |
Australian
Government
and
state
and territory
government
health
authorities |
Due
to data
quality
issues
only
aggregate
reporting
at a
national
level is reliable. Some lower level reporting is possible in
specific
states
and/or
territories |
Annual
Latest
release
2006-07 |
AIHW:
National minimum dataset available for Alcohol and drug treatment
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10590
Provides
data on publicly funded alcohol and other drug treatment services and their
clients, including information about the types of drugs for which treatment
is sought and the types of treatment provided. Indigenous clients can be
identified.
However,
some community health areas have low quality or no service use data. |
|
Administrative
-
Hospital
separations
data
State
and territory
health
authorities |
State
and territory health authorities |
State/territory |
Annual
Latest
release
2006-07 |
AIHW:
National Hospital Morbidity Database
http://www.aihw.gov.au/hospitals/nhm_database.cfm
Provides
data on the number of Indigenous hospitalisations related to alcohol use.
The quality of data varies between states and territories. Some state data
cannot be used reliably. |
|
Administrative
-
State/territory
police
offence
records,
state
coronial
records |
State/territory
police
agencies,
coroners |
National
level for Indigenous data |
Annual
Latest
release
2006-07 |
Australian
Institute of Criminology: National Homicide Monitoring Program
http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/mr/01/
Provides
information on the number of alcohol and drug influenced homicides. |
|
Administrative
-
National
Child
Protection
(NCP) data collection |
State
and territory
child
protection
and
support
services |
State/territory |
Annual
Latest
release
2006-07 |
AIHW:
National Child Protection (NCP) data collection
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10566
Provides
data on:
-
child protection notifications,
investigations and substantiations
-
children on care and protection
orders
-
children in out-of-home care.
Indigenous
status of children can be identified.
However,
the quality of data on Indigenous child protection varies between states and
territories. Some state data cannot be used reliably. |
|
Administrative
-
National
Perinatal
Data
Collection |
State/territory
health
authorities |
State/territory |
Annual
Latest
release
2006 |
AIHW:
Australia's mothers and babies
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10634
Provides
estimates of Indigenous smoking rates during pregnancy, for all
states/territories except Victoria. There is work in progress to collect
consistent data on alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy. |
|
Administrative
-
Drug
and Alcohol
Service
Report
(DASR)
data
collections |
DoHA |
Applicable
to
Drug
and Alcohol
Service
Report
(DASR)
organisation
locations |
Annual
Latest
release
2005-06 |
DoHA:
Drug and Alcohol Service Report (DASR) data
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-oatsih-pubs-
dasr-2005-2006
Service
level data is collected by questionnaire from the 40 Australian collections
Government
funded stand-alone Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander substance use
services. The information collected includes:
|
|
Statistical
-
National
Drug
Strategy
Household
Survey |
AIHW |
National
level for Indigenous data due to small sample |
Last
conducted in 2007 |
AIHW:
National Drug Strategy Household Survey
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10674
Provides
information for people living in non-remote areas, including:
|
|
Mental
health
services |
Statistical
-
National
Aboriginal
and
Torres
Strait
Islander
Health
Survey
(NATSIHS) |
ABS |
State/territory
and
remoteness
areas |
6-yearly
Last
conducted in 2004-05 |
ABS:
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS)
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4715.0Main+Features12004-05?OpenDocument
Adults
over the age of 18 were asked selected questions from the SF.36 and the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale. |
|
Administrative
-Hospital
separations
data |
State/territory
health
authorities |
State/territory |
Annual
Latest
release
2006-07 |
AIHW:
National Hospital Morbidity Database
http://www.aihw.gov.au/hospitals/nhm_database.cfm
Can
provide data on the number of Indigenous hospitalisations related to mental
and behavioural disorders. The quality of data varies between states and
territories. Some state data cannot be used reliably. |
|
Statistical
and
administrative
-
various
mental
health
related
sources |
State/territory
health
authorities,
AIHW,
ABS,
DoHA |
Due
to data quality issues only aggregate
reporting
at a national level is reliable. Some lower level reporting is possible in
specific states and/or territories |
Latest
release
2005-06 |
AIHW:
National Community Mental Health Care Database
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/index.cfm/title/10594
The Mental
Health Care Database provides information on the number of mental health
service contacts for Indigenous peoples. However, numbers are understated
due to reporting issues.
The Mental
health services in Australia 2005-06 publication contains information
about both Indigenous and non-Indigenous mental
health services. It uses an array of administrative and
survey data sources. However, only Indigenous status
data for New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western
Australia, South Australia and public hospitals in the
Northern Territory have been included due to data
quality issues.
|
|
Access
to
education
facilities |
Statistical
-
Census
of
Population
and
Housing |
ABS |
Home/census
Collection
district
(CD)
level |
5-yearly
Last
conducted in 2006 |
ABS:
Census of population and housing
http://www.abs.gov.au/WEBSITEDBS/D3310114.nsf/
Provides
data on:
-
number of school age children
-
number of children attending
school
-
number of adults studying
|
|
Statistical
-
Community
Housing
and
Infrastructure
Needs
Survey
(CHINS) |
FaHCSIA
(collected
by
ABS) |
Discrete
Indigenous
communities |
Last
conducted in 2006 |
ABS:
Housing and Infrastructure in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Communities
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4710.0Main+Features22006?OpenDocument
Provides
data on access to schools and other educational facilities in the discrete
Indigenous communities surveyed. |
|
Statistical
-
National
Aboriginal
and
Torres
Strait
Islander
Social
Survey
(NATSISS) |
ABS |
State/territory
and
remoteness
areas |
6-yearly
Last
conducted in 2002
(2008/09
collection
underway) |
ABS:
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social
Survey (NATSISS)
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4714.0/
Provides
data on:
-
full time/parttime of
adults/children
-
educational participation of
Indigenous children
-
reasons for not attending
school, if applicable.
|
|
Administrative
-
National
Schools
Statistics
Collection |
ABS
(data
provided
by state,
territory
and
Australian
Government
education
departments) |
State/territory
Annual |
Latest
release
2007 |
ABS:
The National Schools Statistics Collection (NSSC)
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/10782996EC272F0FCA2572FE001D9184?opendocument
Provides
aggregated data on:
-
school enrolments
-
school attendance
-
school/staffing profile
|
|
Statistical/administrative-
National Preschool Census |
Department
of
Education
Employment and
Workplace
Relations
(DEEWR) |
Information
is currently available at national and state/territory level, Statistical
Districts and MCEETYA classification areas of Metropolitan, Provincial and
Remote areas |
Annual
Latest
release
2007 |
The
National Preschool Census
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/F38F636C3009D757CA2572FE001D61D2?opendocument
Provides
information on preschool student enrolments, with a focus on Indigenous
students. The collection counts enrolled students if they were on the roll
during the census week and had attended a preschool education program in the
last month. |
|
Administrative
-
Higher
Education
Student
Statistics
Collection
(HESSC) |
Department
of
Education
Employment
and
Workplace
Relations
(DEEWR) |
State/territory |
Annual
Latest
release
2007 |
DEEWR:
Higher Education Student Statistics Collection (HESSC)
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/publications_resources/statistics/higher_education_statistics_collection.htm
Provides
data on student enrolments and student load. Administrative –National
Vocational Education and Training Provider collection VET providers National
Centre for Vocational Education Research
National
Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER): National Vocational
Education and Training Provider collection
http://www.ncver.edu.au/statistic/publications/2019.html |
|
Administrative -
National
Vocational
Education and
Training Provider
collection |
VET
providers |
State/territory |
Annual
Latest
release 2007 |
National Centre for Vocational
Education Research (NCVER): National Vocational Education
and Training Provider collection (NVETPC)
http://www.ncver.edu.au/statistic/publications/2019.html
Provides
data on Vocational Education and Training (VET) enrolment rates and
attainment rates. |
|
Indigenous
enterprise
and
employment |
Statistical
-
Census
of
Population
and
Housing |
ABS |
Home/census
Collection
district
(CD)
level |
5-yearly
Last
conducted in 2006 |
ABS:
Census of population and housing
http://www.abs.gov.au/WEBSITEDBS/D3310114.nsf/
Provides
information on:
|
|
|
Statistical
-
National
Aboriginal
and
Torres
Strait
Islander
Health
Survey
(NATSIHS) |
ABS |
State/territory
and remoteness areas |
6-yearly
Last
conducted in 2004-05 |
ABS:
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Survey
(NATSIHS)
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4715.0Main+Features12004-05?OpenDocument
Provides
information on:
|
|
|
Statistical
-
National
Aboriginal
and
Torres
Strait
Islander
Social
Survey
(NATSISS) |
ABS |
State/territory
and remoteness areas |
6-yearly
Last
conducted in 2002
(2008/09
collection
underway) |
ABS:
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey
(NATSISS)
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/mf/4714.0/
Provides
information on:
-
labour force status (incl.
CDEP), duration on CDEP
-
duration of unemployment, hours
usually worked
-
full time/part time status of
employment
-
job security
-
employment sector
-
reasons not looking for work,
difficulties finding work
-
whether work allows for
cultural responsibilities
-
access to employment support
services
-
reason did not use employment
support services
|
|
|
Statistical
- Labour Force
Survey |
ABS |
State/territory and remoteness areas |
Annual
Latest
release
2007 |
ABS:
Labour Force Characteristics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Australians, Experimental Estimates from the Labour Force Survey
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/allprimarymainfeatures/203A6267794D53EECA2570AB0082C2F0?opendocument
Provides
information about the labour force characteristics of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Australians using the Monthly Labour Force Survey. The
estimates use methodological and definitional differences when compared with
other sources of Indigenous Labour Force data, such as the five-yearly
Census of Population and Housing, the 2002 National Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS), and the 2004-05 National Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS). The differences in the
methodologies used affect the comparability of the estimates. |