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Figure 3.7.3 Proportion of people aged 18 years and over living in homeowner/purchaser households, 2004-05 a, bPer cent35302520151050Fully ownedBeing purchasedTorres Strait Islander Aboriginal Indigenousa Includes homes being purchased under a rent/buy scheme. b Torres Strait Islander includes those identifiedas either of Torres Strait Islander origin, or of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin.Source: ABS 2004-05 NATSIHS (unpublished); table 3A.7.5.• In 2004-05, 7.3 per cent of Indigenous people aged 18 years and over lived inhomes fully owned by someone living in their household and 18.1 per cent livedin homes being purchased by someone living in their household (figure 3.7.3).• In 2004-05, there was no statistically significant difference in the proportions ofTorres Strait Islander and Aboriginal people living in home owner/purchaserhouseholds.• Data on the proportions of Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal people living inhome owner/purchaser households in 1994 and 2002 are included intable 3A.7.6.Attachment tables 3A.7.1 to 3A.7.9 include data on those living in rental housing aswell as more detail on people living in homes owned by someone in the household.Many Indigenous people live in public housing provided by State and TerritoryGovernment housing authorities. Information on public housing provided toIndigenous people is included in the annual Report on Government Services(SCRGSP 2007). The charts and commentary in this section are for Indigenouspeople aged 18 years and over to ensure consistency and comparability with dataavailable for earlier periods. However, some data on home ownership and housingtenure for Indigenous people aged 15 years and over are available in tables 3A.7.7to 3A.7.9.72 OVERCOMINGINDIGENOUSDISADVANTAGE 2007