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Figure 3.5.9 Unemployment rate of people aged 18 to 64 yearsa, b, cPer cent of labour force403020100Indigenous1994 2002 2004-05Males Females TotalPer cent of labour force403020100Non-Indigenous2002 2004-05Males Females Totala Data are not age standardised. b Non-Indigenous data for 1994 are not available on a comparable basiswith those for 2002 and 2004-05. c Error bars represent 95 per cent confidence intervals around eachestimate (see chapter 2 for more information).Source: ABS 2004-05 NATSIHS and NHS, 1994 NATSIS, and 2002 GSS and NATSISS (unpublished);table 3A.5.3.Nationally, in the period from 1994 to 2004-05 there have been significant falls inthe unemployment rate for both Indigenous women and men:• The unemployment rate for Indigenous people aged 18 to 64 years fell from 30.0per cent in 1994 to 20.3 per cent in 2002 and 12.8 per cent in 2004-05(figure 3.5.9).• This is consistent with an overall declining trend in unemployment that occurredin Australia from the latter part of the 1990s to 2005. The unemployment rate forthe total Australian population aged 15 years and over fell from 8.1 per cent in1995-96 to 5.3 per cent in 2004-05 (ABS 2002, 2006).HEADLINEINDICATORS51