Editing Outback (section)

== Population ==
[[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] communities in outback regions, such as the [[Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara]] lands in northern South Australia, have not been displaced as they have been in areas of intensive agriculture and large cities, in coastal areas.

The total population of the Outback in Australia declined from 700,000 in 1996 to 690,000 in 2006. The largest decline was in the [[Central Australia|Outback Northern Territory]], while the Kimberley and Pilbara showed population increases during the same period. The sex ratio is 1040 males for 1000 females and 17% of the total population is indigenous.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdu.edu.au/thenortherninstitute/documents/publications/Brief2009037outback_australia_and_the_NT.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-02-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325103731/http://www.cdu.edu.au/thenortherninstitute/documents/publications/Brief2009037outback_australia_and_the_NT.pdf |archive-date=25 March 2012 }}</ref>