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since the beginning of the twentieth century, for the percentage of the population living in rural areas of the Basin to decline (ABS, ABARE and BRS 2009).
    51. The Basin's river systems are of critical importance to the social, cultural and economic life of Indigenous people (Jackson 2008; Jackson and Altman 2009). About 70,000 people in the Basin identify as Indigenous. Reflecting in part their much younger age profile, the Indigenous population in the Basin grew by 17% between 2011 and 2006, five times faster than the growth of the non‑Indigenous population (Taylor and Biddle 2004).
    52. Labour force and income indicators for Indigenous people are relatively poor. In 2006, the Indigenous unemployment rate in the Basin was 20.1%, four times that of the non‑Indigenous community (ABS, ABARE and BRS 2009).
Conclusion
    53. A description of Basin water resources and the context for which those resources are used has been presented across a number of themes using the best information available to the Murray‑Darling Basin Authority. While the particular circumstances can vary quite considerably between communities across the many different localities within the Basin, a broad description of the water resources, its users, the uses to which they are put and the social and economic circumstances of residents living in the Basin has been provided here.
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