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Some Indigenous people living in cities and towns with a majority ofnon-Indigenous people may say they live on their homelands (see figure 9.5.1), ifthe place where they live is part of their homelands/traditional country, even thoughmuch of it may be owned or occupied by non-Indigenous people.Figure 9.5.1 Proportion of Indigenous people aged 18 years and over livingon, or allowed to visit, their homelands, by remoteness area,2004-05 a, bLives on homelandsDoes not recognise homelands100Does not live there, but allowed to visit80Per cent6040200MajorcitiesInnerregionalOuterregionalTotal non-remotea The NATSIHS does not provide data for this indicator for remote or very remote areas in Australia. b Thetotal does not add up to 100 per cent because the category ‘Not allowed to visit homelands’ is not shown inthe graph (ranged from 0–1.3 per cent). Also excluded are the people who refused to answer, or who provided'don't know' or 'not stated' responses.Source: ABS 2004-05 NATSIHS; table 9A.5.1.• Figure 9.5.1 shows that, in 2004-05, 15.0 per cent of Indigenous adults in nonremoteareas lived on their homelands. A further 43.6 per cent were allowed tovisit their homelands.• The majority of Indigenous adults (60.1 per cent) recognised an area as theirhomeland or traditional country. Of these, only a very few (0.6 per cent) werenot allowed to visit their homelands.• The proportion of Indigenous adults living on their homelands was about threetimes as high in regional areas (between 19.8 and 22.3 per cent) as in majorcities (7.0 per cent).• 38.0 per cent of Indigenous adults in non-remote areas did not recognise an areaas their homelands or traditional country.OVERCOMINGINDIGENOUSDISADVANTAGE 2007