Indigenous population change in the Northern Territory 1966 to 2031

This paper examines how the Northern Territory’s Indigenous demography has changed over recent decades, an assessment made possible by a recently constructed Indigenous demographic database covering the period 1966–2001. The paper then presents population forecasts to 2031 prepared with a new population projection program specially designed to model the population by indigenous status. The results show that considerable growth and modest ageing of the NT Indigenous population may be expected. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s