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Definition

Whether a person identifies as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin, as represented by a code.

Supplementary codes indicate the common groupings of codes that are used in publications to data.gov.au.

Representation

Data Type String
Format A
Maximum character length 1

Values

Value Meaning Start Date End Date
Permissible Values A Aboriginal
B Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
C Aboriginal and South Sea Islander
D Do not wish to answer
E Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander
F Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander
G South Sea Islander and not Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
H Do not wish to answer but is a South Sea Islander
N Not Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander or South Sea Islander
S South Sea Islander
T Torres Strait Islander
X ATO Customer wasn't asked
Z ATO Customer wasn't asked and South Sea Islander
Supplementary Values A; B; C; E; F; T Indigenous
[blank]; D; G; H; N; S; X; Z Not Identified Indigenous

Related content

Relation Count
Data Elements implementing this Value Domain 2