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Social Indicators August 2012

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Specialist Homelessness Services Collection, December quarter 2011 2Author: Australian Institute of Health and WelfareDate of release: 4 July 2012

Students and Courses, 2011 3Author: National Centre for Vocational Education ResearchDate of release: 4 July 2012

Suicides, Australia, 2010 4Author: Australian Bureau of StatisticsDate of release: 24 July 2012

Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2011 5Author: Australian Bureau of StatisticsDate of release: 31 July 2012

Economic Group │ Northern Territory Treasury │ (08) 8999 6801 │ www.nt.gov.au/ntt/ │ economic.services@nt.gov.au

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Services Collection, December quarter 2011AIHW, http://www.aihw.gov.au

About this publication

The Specialist Homelessness Services Collection reports on the services and kinds of assistance given to homeless clients by homelessness agencies.

SummaryThe following is a summary of information on specialist homelessness services in the Territory during the December quarter 2011.

In the December quarter 2011, there were 2217 clients who accessed 2600 support periods (or about 1.17 support periods per client). Nationally, there were 98 742 homelessness clients who accessed 125 148 support periods (or about 1.27 support periods per client) (Table 1).

Female clients utilised more services than male clients (61.9 per cent compared to 38.1 per cent) and on average used more services per client (1.20 compared to 1.12). Nationally, female clients also utilised more services than male clients (58.7 per cent compared to 41.3) though there was little difference between male and female service use (1.27 compared to 1.26).

In the December quarter 2011, the average support period length was 32.3 days in the Territory compared to 41.6 days nationally(Figure 1).

Data on the average length of accommodation for the December quarter 2011 includes periods of accommodation that were provided in the previous quarter where the accommodation was ongoing. The average overnight accommodation period was 39.9 nights in the Territory in the December quarter 2011. In other states, the average accommodation period ranged between 50.6 nights in South Australia to 110.1 nights in the Australian Capital Territory over the same period. Nationally, the average accommodation length was 66.3 nights (Figure 2).

Table 1: Homelessness clients by gender, December quarter 2011

Males Females Total

NSW 9 979 13 327 23 306

Vic 12 839 20 862 33 701

Qld 7 854 9 393 17 247

WA 3 778 5 474 9 252

SA 3 528 5 034 8 562

Tas 1 280 1 429 2 709

ACT 972 1 316 2 288

NT 844 1 373 2 217

Australia 40 755 57 967 98 742

Source: AIHW

Figure 1: Average length of support period, December quarter 2011, days

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Source: AIHW

Figure 2: Average overnight accommodation length, December quarter 2011, nights

NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT Total0

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Source: AIHW

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NCVER, http://www.ncver.edu.au

About this publicationThis publication presents data on the number of students, hours of delivery, full-year training equivalents and qualifications for Australia’s public vocational education and training (VET) system for 2011.

SummaryThe following summarises public vocational education and training in the Territory during 2011.

In 2011, there were 24 422 students enrolled in the public VET system in the Territory. This represents 1.3 per cent of total VET students in Australia.

Between 2010 and 2011, the number of students enrolled in VET in the Territory increased by 1.5 per cent. This was the second highest increase of all states after Victoria (14.8 per cent) and compares with a national increase of 4.6 per cent over the same period (Table 2).

The increase in the number of students enrolled in VET in Australia is skewed by Victoria. If Victoria was excluded, the increase in the number of students enrolled in VET in Australia between 2010 and 2011 would have been 0.5 per cent.

Of the total number of students enrolled in the public VET system in the Territory, 10 476 or 43 per cent were Indigenous students. The number of Indigenous students enrolled in VET courses increased by 6.7 per cent between 2010 and 2011. This was the third highest increase of all states and above the national increase of 5.3 per cent (Table 3).

In 2011, the number of total annual VET training hours delivered in the Territory increased by 1.3 per cent in annual terms to 4.8 million hours.

In 2011, there were 21 806 students undertaking Australian Qualifications Framework (Certificate I level or higher) in the Territory. Of this number, 8369 or 38.4 per cent were enrolled in Certificate III, 5905 or 27.1 per cent in Certificate II and 3698 or 17.0 per cent in Certificate I.

In 2011, the field of education category which had the most students in the Territory was engineering and related technologies with 4147 students, followed by management and commerce with 4046 students and society and culture with 3199 students (Table 4).

Table 2: Students enrolled in public vocational education and training, 2010 and 2011

2010 2011 Growth

‘000 ‘000 %

NSW 583.2 586.7 0.6

Vic 520.0 597.0 14.8

Qld 303.0 305.8 0.9

WA 166.0 167.7 1.1

SA 123.9 123.3 - 0.4

Tas 49.6 47.4 - 4.3

ACT 29.4 29.4 0.3

NT 24.1 24.4 1.5

Australia 1 799.0 1 881.9 4.6

Source: NCVER

Table 3: Indigenous student enrolment, 2011

NumberShare of

total

Change between 2010 and

2011

‘000 % %

NSW 31.7 5.4 2.6

Vic 6.7 1.1 10.2

Qld 18.0 5.9 8.7

WA 12.8 7.6 5.6

SA 5.3 4.3 0.5

Tas 2.0 4.2 7.3

ACT 0.7 2.5 3.4

NT 10.5 42.9 6.7

Australia 87.6 4.7 5.3

Source: NCVER

Table 4: Students enrolled by field of education, 2010 and 2011

NT Aust

‘000. % ‘000 %

Engineering and related technologies 4.1 17.0 324.1 17.2

Management and commerce 4.0 16.6 408.8 21.7

Society and culture 3.2 13.1 233.6 12.4

Agriculture, environmental and related studies

2.4 9.7 79.7 4.2

Subject only – no field of education 2.3 9.5 74.0 3.9

Food, hospitality and personal services 2.0 8.3 188.9 10.0

Mixed field programmes 1.8 7.6 183.3 9.7

Other 4.5 18.3 389.5 20.6

Source: NCVER

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ABS, http://www.abs.gov.au

About this publicationThis publication contains information on registered deaths where the cause of death was classified as ‘intentional self-harm’ between 2001 and 2010.

SummaryThe following summarises deaths where the cause of death was intentional self-harm in the Territory in 2010.

There were 45 deaths in the Territory where the cause of death was listed as intentional self-harm in 2010 (Figure 3). This is consistent with the average for the period 2001 to 2010.

Males accounted for 86.7 per cent of ‘intentional self harm’ in the Territory compared to 76.9 per cent nationally.

The age standardised rate of intentional self harm deaths in the Territory decreased by 18.6 per cent from 24.2 per 100 000 population in the period 2001-2005 to 19.7 per 100 000 population in the period 2006-2010. This was the largest decline of the jurisdictions and compares to a national average decline of 7.4 per cent (Table 5).

Between 2001 and 2010, there were 444 intentional self-harm deaths in the Territory. Of this amount, 225 or 50.7 per cent were Indigenous (Table 6).

The age standardised rate of intentional self-harm deaths was 30.8 per 100 000 relevant population for Indigenous people and 16.4 per 100 000 relevant population for non-Indigenous people in the Territory. Nationally, the rate per 100 000 relevant population was 21.4 for Indigenous people and 10.3 for non-Indigenous people.

Figure 3: Number of cases of intentional self-harm, Northern Territory

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Table 5: Standardised death rates due to ‘intentional self–harm’ per 100 000 people, 2001-05 and 2006-10

2001-2005 2006-2010 Change

NSW 9.7 8.4 - 13.3%

Vic 10.6 9.6 - 9.6%

Qld 12.8 12.3 - 3.9%

WA 11.6 12.8 10.0%

SA 12.8 11.6 - 9.2%

Tas 15.7 14.4 - 8.2%

ACT 10.1 9.9 - 2.0%

NT 24.2 19.7 - 18.6%

Australia 11.2 10.4 -7.4%

Source: ABS

Table 6: Number of cases of ‘intentional self-harm’ by Indigenous status, 2001 to 2010

People Indigenous

No No %

NSW 6 118 157 2.6

Qld 4 967 311 6.3

WA 2 412 177 7.3

SA 1 827 42 4.2

NT 444 225 50.7Source: ABS

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2011ABS, http://www.abs.gov.au

About this publicationThis publication contains estimates of the resident populations of regions of Australia as at 30 June in each year from 2001 to 2011. This issue is the first release of official population estimates based on the new Australian Statistical Geography Standard used for the 2011 Census of Population and Housing.

This publication does not contain information on population characteristics such as age, gender or Indigenous status.

SummaryThe following summarises the estimated resident population characteristics of the Territory between 30 June 2001 and 30 June 2011.

At 30 June 2011, the estimated resident population of the Territory was 231 331 people. Between the period 30 June 2001 and 30 June 2011, the Territory’s population grew by an annual average rate of 1.58 per cent.

Between 30 June 2006 and 30 June 2011, the Territory’s population increased by an annual average of 1.89 per cent. This was the third highest growth rate behind Western Australia (2.69 per cent) and the Australian Capital Territory (1.94 per cent) and above the national rate of 1.52 per cent (Figure 4).

By Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3), the main population areas were Darwin suburbs, which accounted for 23.9 per cent of the Territory’s population, followed by Alice Springs (17.7 per cent), and Palmerston (12.6 per cent) (Table 7).

Between 2006 and 2011, the following regions experienced an increase in their share of the Territory’s population.

- Litchfield SA3 (0.8 percentage points);

- Darwin City SA3 (0.7 percentage points);

- Palmerston SA3 (0.6 percentage points); and

- Daly-Tiwi-West Arnhem SA3 (0.4 percentage points) (Table 8).

Figure 4: Average annual population growth rate, at 30 June 2006 to 30 June 2011

NSW Vic Qld WA SA Tas ACT NT Aust0.0%

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1.5%

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2.5%

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Source: ABS

Table 7: Northern Territory estimated resident population by Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3)

2001 2006 2011

Greater Darwin

Darwin City SA3 18 224 21 228 24 887

Darwin Suburbs SA3 51 449 51 677 55 342

Palmerston SA3 22 028 25 282 29 208

Litchfield SA3 15 141 16 175 19 625

Rest of NT

Alice Springs SA3 39 116 40 004 41 042

Barkly SA3 5 877 6 153 6 597

Daly-Tiwi-West Arnhem SA3 14 332 15 760 18 175

East Arnhem SA3 13 145 14 977 16 106

Katherine SA3 18 456 19 371 20 349

Total NT 197 768 210 627 231 331

Source: ABS

Table 8: Share of Territory population  2001 2006 2011

% % %

Greater Darwin

Darwin City SA3 9.2 10.1 10.8

Darwin Suburbs SA3 26.0 24.5 23.9

Palmerston SA3 11.1 12.0 12.6

Litchfield SA3 7.7 7.7 8.5

Rest of NT

Alice Springs SA3 19.8 19.0 17.7

Barkly SA3 3.0 2.9 2.9

Daly-Tiwi-West Arnhem SA3 7.2 7.5 7.9

East Arnhem SA3 6.6 7.1 7.0

Katherine SA3 9.3 9.2 8.8

Total NT 100.0 100.0 100.0Source: ABS

Released: 3 August 2012 │ Next Release: 7 September 20126