The first results from the 2011 Census were released on 21 June, and they reveal some important trends in Indigenous income. In our first Topical Issue for 2012, 'Selected issues for closing the income gaps between Indigenous and other Australians, 2001-11, Boyd Hunter charts recent changes in personal and household income by combining the first release census data for 2011 with community profiles for Indigenous and other households from the 2001 and 2006 Censuses. Changes in household size and housing cost are also explored in order to appreciate some of the changing pressures on family resources. This Topical Issue is available for download.