Australia has an uneven population distribution. In June 2010, almost two-thirds (64%) of the population lived in capital cities, including 21% in Sydney alone. Population density ranged from less than one person per square kilometre in remote areas to more than 1,000 people per square kilometre in some city suburbs.
Indigenous Australians are more likely than non-Indigenous Australians to live in remote areas. According to the 2006 Census, one in 40 Australians (2.5%) identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders, but in areas classified as Remote or Very Remote this was as high as one in four (26%). Although Indigenous Australians are more likely than other Australians to live in remote areas, the majority live in cities and large regional towns.