How the Northern Territory is performing on national targets to improve life outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) people.
1 | Everyone enjoys long and healthy lives | Close the Gap in life expectancy within a generation, by 2031. | Getting worse | The gap in life expetancy is getting better for men, but worse for women. |
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2 | Children are born healthy and strong | By 2031, increase the proportion of ATSI babies with a healthy birthweight to 91 per cent. | Getting worse | The gap in babies birthweight is getting worse. |
3 | Children are engaged in high quality, culturally appropriate early childhood education in their early years | By 2025, increase the proportion of ATSI children enrolled in Year Before Fulltime Schooling early childhood education to 95 per cent. | Getting worse | The gap in children enrolled in preschools is getting worse - the NT is the only Australian jurisdiction to be going backwards. |
4 | Children thrive in their early years | By 2031, increase the proportion of ATSI children assessed as developmentally on track in all five domains of the Australian Early Development Census to 55 per cent. | Getting worse | The gap in children's development is getting worse. |
5 | Students achieve their full learning potential | By 2031, increase the proportion of ATSI people (age 20-24) attaining year 12 or equivalent qualification to 96 per cent. | Improving | The gap in people achieving Year 12 is getting better, but the country is not on track to meet its target. |
6 | Students reach their full potential through further education pathways | By 2031, increase the proportion of ATSI people aged 25-34 years who have completed a tertiary qualification (Certificate III and above) to 70 per cent. | Improving | The gap in people completing tertiary qualifications is getting better, but the country is not on track to meet its target. |
7 | Youth are engaged in employment or education | By 2031, increase the proportion of ATSI youth (15-24 years) who are in employment, education or training to 67 per cent. | Getting worse | The gap in youth employment is getting worse. |
8 | Strong economic participation and development of people and their communities | By 2031, increase the proportion of ATSI people aged 25-64 who are employed to 62 per cent. | Getting worse | The gap in employment is getting worse - the NT is the only Australian jurisdiction to be going backwards. |
9 | People can secure appropriate, affordable housing that is aligned with their priorities and need | 9a: By 2031, increase the proportion of ATSI people living in appropriately sized (not overcrowded) housing to 88 per cent. 9b: By 2031, all ATSI households: within discrete ATSI communities receive essential services that meet or exceed the relevant jurisdictional standard; and those in or near to a town receive essential services that meet or exceed the same standard as applies generally within the town | Improving | The gap in housing is getting better, but the country is not on track to meet its target. |
10 | Adults are not overrepresented in the criminal justice system | By 2031, reduce the rate of ATSI adults held in incarceration by at least 15 per cent. | Getting worse | The gap in incarceration rates is getting worse. |
11 | Young people are not overrepresented in the criminal justice system | By 2031, reduce the rate of ATSI young people (10-17 years) in detention by at least 30 per cent. | Getting worse | The gap in youth incarceration rates is getting worse. |
12 | Children are not overrepresented in the child protection system | By 2031, reduce the rate of over-representation of ATSI children in out-of-home care by 45 per cent. | Improving | The gap in child protection rates is getting better in the Territory - but nationally it is getting worse. |
13 | Families and households are safe | By 2031, the rate of all forms of family violence and abuse against ATSI women and children is reduced at least by 50%, as progress towards zero. | No data | There was no new data since the baseline year of 2018-19 |
14 | People enjoy high levels of social and emotional wellbeing | Significant and sustained reduction in suicide of ATSI people towards zero. | Getting worse | The gap in suicide rates is getting worse. |
15 | People maintain a distinctive cultural, spiritual, physical and economic relationship with their land and waters | 15a: By 2030, a 15 per cent increase in Australia’s landmass subject to ATSI people’s legal rights or interests. 15b: By 2030, a 15 per cent increase in areas covered by ATSI people’s legal rights or interests in the sea. | Improving | The gap in relationship with land a waters is getting better in the NT. Nationally, relationships with sea areas is getting better but not on track to meet targets. |
16 | Cultures and languages are strong, supported and flourishing | By 2031, there is a sustained increase in number and strength of ATSI languages being spoken. | No data | There was no new data since the baseline year of 2018-19 |
17 | People have access to information and services enabling participation in informed decision-making regarding their own lives | By 2026, ATSI people have equal levels of digital inclusion | No data | There was no new data since the baseline year of 2018-19 |