9. The Stolen Generation

9.21. Family and Community Wellbeing

Median weekly income for Indigenous Australians was $542 in 2014-15 compared with $852 for non-Indigenous Australians.

Around 20% of Indigenous Australians lived in overcrowded households in 2014-15. In very remote areas the overcrowding was almost 40%.

Rates of family and community violence in 2014-15 were around 22% for Indigenous people.

Indigenous children were almost 10 times more likely to be placed in out of home care than non-Indigenous children in 2015-16.