Summary of government assistance available for migrants and refugees
Data and figures
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Poverty
Migrants & refugees
Who is affected?
Inequality
Income inequality
Headline charts
Cumulative growth in superannuation assets
Change in household income (as a % of after-tax income in June 2019)
Income distribution of people in households by age
Share of people with different characteristics in the lowest and highest 20% income groups
Average household incomes for different income groups
Trends in real average household disposable income
Who sits in the lowest 40% and top 20%?
Protected: Average weekly disposable income
Average weekly disposable income
Shares of national household disposable income
Overall trends in income inequality
Income inequality
Who is affected?
Profile of each income group by gender of household reference person
Profile of wealth of each wealth group
Change in number of workers employed by occupation (000s)
Income distribution of people in households by age
Population by main source of household income
Share of people with different characteristics in the lowest and highest 20% income groups
Average household incomes for different income groups
Australia’s population by age
Income distribution of people in households by gender
Australia’s population by family type
Income distribution of people by family type
Australia’s population by country of birth
Income distribution by country of birth
Profile of each income group by family type
Profile of each income group by country of birth of adults
Income distribution of people by State/Territory
Income distribution of people by capital city
Income distribution of people outside capital cities
Australia’s population by labour force status
Income distribution of people in households by labour force status of household reference person
Profile of each income group by labour force status of household reference person
Income distribution of people in households by main income source
Profile of each income group by main source of household income
Population in households where the head receives income support (2016)
Income distribution of people in households by income support status of household head (2016)
Income inequality
Trends
Impact of past recessions on household after-tax incomes
Income inequality
How has it changed?
Average changes in hours worked and household incomes during COVID-19
Changes in employment, hours and wages by percentage from March to June 2020
Income inequality
How does Australia compare?
Income inequality
Components of income
Distribution of income by source (percentage of all income)
Main income source of each income group
Labour force status of household reference person in each income group
Average weekly before-tax investment and other income
Average weekly gross household income from wages
Average weekly before-tax income from income support payments
Income inequality
Inequality
Average annual change in disposable income during COVID-19
Income inequality
Community attitudes
Community attitudes towards “Incomes at the top are too high”
Demographic distribution of community attitudes towards “Incomes at the top are too high”
Community attitudes towards “incomes at the bottom are too low”
Demographic distribution of community attitudes towards “incomes at the bottom are too low”
Wealth inequality
Headline charts
Average wealth per adult in 2020
Average wealth of households by age, as a percentage of the average wealth of all (%)
Share of wealth held by households ranked by wealth (% in 2021)
Wealth inequality (Gini coefficient)
Share of all wealth held by 131 billionaires compared with low-wealth groups (%)
Proportion of median income required to pay the median rent (%)
Concentration and share of overall wealth, by asset type, from 2018 to 2021
Average wealth of 131 billionaires compared with the top 1% of households ($m)
Cumulative growth in superannuation assets
Average net wealth, by wealth group
Trends in average wealth by wealth group
Shares of national wealth by wealth group
Wealth inequality
Who is affected?
Profile of wealth of each wealth group
Wealth inequality
Trends
Trends in wealth inequality (Gini coefficient) by asset type
Wealth inequality
How does Australia compare?
Share of indebted households with debt-to-annual income ratio above three
Wealth inequality
Components of wealth
Profile of wealth holdings of wealth groups
Wealth distribution among income groups
Wealth inequality
Inequality
Shares of overall wealth held by the lowest 40%, middle 50% and highest 10% around 2018 (%)
Gross household saving by income quintile
Increase in wealth, by wealth group since 2003
Average wealth by wealth group ($)
Total return indices
Share of all wealth by asset type held by each wealth group
Concentration and share of overall wealth, by asset type, from 2018 to 2021
Average wealth of 131 billionaires compared with the top 1% of households ($m)
Increase in real net household wealth per capita
Changes in the distribution of wealth since 2003
Profile of household wealth in different countries in 2020 (% of all wealth)
Wealth inequality
Housing & homelessness
Proportion of median income required to pay a typical mortgage on a recently purchased home (%)
COVID-19
Headline charts
Change in household income (as a % of after-tax income in June 2019)
COVID-19
Who is affected?
Change in number of workers employed by occupation (000s)
COVID-19
Trends
Impact of past recessions on household after-tax incomes
COVID-19
How has it changed?
Average changes in hours worked and household incomes during COVID-19
COVID-19
Components of income
Distribution of income by source (percentage of all income)
COVID-19
Inequality
Increase in real net household wealth per capita
Average annual change in disposable income during COVID-19
COVID-19
COVID
Net saving per capita
COVID-19
Housing & homelessness
Health
Who is affected?
Mental health conditions by weekly equivalised household income
Heart, stroke and vascular diseases, diabetes and arthritis by main income source
Heart, stroke and vascular diseases, diabetes and arthritis by SEIFA
Heart, stroke and vascular diseases, diabetes and arthritis and diabetes by labour force status group
Heart, stroke and vascular diseases, diabetes and arthritis by income group
Good self-assessed health by weekly equivalised household income
Premature deaths – male and female, by socioeconomic status
Health
Community attitudes
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