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Figure 9.5.2 Proportion of Indigenous people living on, or allowed to visit,their homelands, non-remote areas, by age, 2004-05 a, bLives on homelands Does not live there, but allow ed to visit Does not recognise homelands10080Per cent604020018–24 25–34 35–44 45–54 55 or overa 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.5.2.• Figure 9.5.2 shows that, in non-remote areas, the proportion of Indigenous adultswho lived on their homelands did not vary much according to age.• Older Indigenous people in non-remote areas were more likely to recognise anarea as their homelands. In the 18 to 24 years age group, almost half(47.3 per cent) did not recognise homelands, whereas about one third of olderrespondents, did not recognise homelands (31.0 per cent of those aged 45 to 54years, and 35.0 per cent of those aged 55 years and older).ABS surveys from 1994 and 2002, as well as the 2004-05 NATSIHS, have askedthe same questions about Indigenous peoples’ access to land. However, comparabledata across the three datasets are only available for Indigenous people aged 18 yearsand over, in non-remote areas, as shown in figure 9.5.3.FUNCTIONAL ANDRESILIENT FAMILIESAND COMMUNITIES