Datamap
Poverty
Headline charts
- Housing costs of lowest 20% compared with middle 20%, among people aged <65 and 65+ (in $2017-18 per week)
- Comparison of poverty lines with pension and Newstart payments for singles and couples without children (in $2017-18 per annum)
- Poverty Lines by family type
- Number of people below the poverty line
- Trends in the poverty gap – in $2017-18 per week, 1999-00 to 2017-18
- Trends in the poverty gap as a percentage of poverty line, 1999-00 to 2017-18
- Trends in poverty – children, 1999-00 to 2017-18
- Trends in poverty, all people, 1999-00 to 2017-18
- Poverty rates in OECD countries
Who is affected?
- Profile of poverty by age (% of people in poverty)
- Rate of poverty by age (% of people)
- Profile of poverty among children
- Rate of poverty among children
- Profile of poverty by family type (% of households in poverty)
- Rate of poverty by family type
- Profile of poverty by country of birth
- Rate of poverty by country of birth
- Profile of poverty by gender
- Rate of poverty by gender (% of men and women)
- Profile of poverty by main income source
- Rate of poverty by main income source
- Profile of poverty by labour force status
- Rate of poverty by labour force status
- Rate of poverty by housing tenure
- Profile of poverty by housing tenure
- Profile of poverty by income support payment
- Rate of poverty by income support payment
- Profile of poverty among adults with disability
- Rate of poverty among adults with disability
- Rate of poverty by location
- Rate of poverty by state/territory of residence
- Average poverty gaps among people in income support households
- Average poverty gaps among people in income support households by percentage
- Comparison of income support payment rates and poverty lines
- Comparison of selected income support payments and poverty lines, 2015-16 and 2017-18
- Median equivalised housing costs by family type and age (1999-2015)
- Poverty gaps by income support payment
- Poverty rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, by region, in 2016
- Trends in household disposable incomes, 1999-00 to 2017-18
- Trends in housing costs by income support payment
- Trends in income support payments compared with wages
- Trends in poverty among older people
- Trends in poverty among sole parents
- Trends in poverty among sole parents in income support households
- Trends in poverty among unemployed people
- Trends in poverty gaps among older people
- Trends in poverty gaps among people in sole parent income support households
- Trends in poverty rates by family type and age
- Trends in poverty rates by income support payment
- Trends in single pension rate and poverty line
- Trends in sole parents receiving different payments
Inequality
- Annual percentage increase in weekly income, before and after the GFC in 2008
- Australia’s population by age
- Australia’s population by country of birth
- Australia’s population by family type
- Australia’s population by gender
- Australia’s population by labour force status
- Australia’s population by main source of household income
- Average household incomes for different income groups
- Average income tax paid by households
- Average net wealth, by wealth group
- Average weekly before-tax income from income support payments
- Average weekly before-tax investment and other income
- Average weekly disposable income
- Average weekly gross household income from wages
- Change in shares of overall wealth by wealth group
- Changes in income shares before and after the GFC in 2008
- Comparison of household disposable incomes
- Components of Australia’s wealth
- Health inequality infographic
- Household wealth distribution in OECD nations
- Income distribution of people by capital city
- Income distribution of people by country of birth
- Income distribution of people by family type
- Income distribution of people by State/Territory
- Income distribution of people in households by age
- Income distribution of people in households by gender
- Income distribution of people in households by income support status of household head (2016)
- Income distribution of people in households by labour force status of household reference person
- Income distribution of people in households by main income source
- Income distribution of people outside capital cities
- Increase in average wealth by wealth group
- Labour force status of household reference person in each income group
- Level of income inequality in OECD countries
- Main income source of each income group
- Overall trends in income inequality
- Overall trends in income inequality from 1999 to 2015
- Population in households where the head receives income support (2016)
- Profile of each household income group by income support status
- Profile of each income group by age
- Profile of each income group by country of birth
- Profile of each income group by family type
- Profile of each income group by labour force status of household reference person
- Profile of each income group by main source of household income
- Profile of wealth holdings of wealth groups
- Reduction in inequality due to the social security and income tax systems
- Share of people with different characteristics in the lowest and highest 20% income groups
- Shares of national household disposable income
- Shares of national wealth by wealth group
- Shares of wealth across wealth groups by asset type
- Trends in average household wealth in different assets
- Trends in average wealth
- Trends in average wealth by wealth group
- Trends in average wealth by wealth group
- Trends in average weekly after tax income
- Trends in average weekly disposable income since 1999-00
- Trends in real average household disposable income
- Trends in real average household disposable income since 1999-00
- Trends in reliance on social security
- Trends in the concentration of wealth in different assets, from 2003-04 to 2015-16
- Trends in the single rate of Newstart Allowance, pensions and wages
- Trends in wealth inequality by asset type
- Value and profile of household wealth for each income group
- Wealth distribution among income groups
- Who sits in the lowest 40% and top 20%?
publication
- Health inequality infographic
- Income support policy and poverty trends
- Inequality in Australia 2018
- Inequality in Australia 2018 factsheet
- Inequality in Australia 2018 supplementary report
- Poverty in Australia 2018
- Poverty in Australia 2020: Part 1, Overview
- Poverty in Australia: A national perspective
report
News
In the media
Data
- Annual percentage increase in weekly income, before and after the GFC in 2008
- Australia’s population by age
- Australia’s population by country of birth
- Australia’s population by family type
- Australia’s population by gender
- Australia’s population by labour force status
- Australia’s population by main source of household income
- Average household incomes for different income groups
- Average income tax paid by households
- Average net wealth, by wealth group
- Average poverty gaps among people in income support households
- Average poverty gaps among people in income support households by percentage
- Average weekly before-tax income from income support payments
- Average weekly before-tax investment and other income
- Average weekly disposable income
- Average weekly gross household income from wages
- Change in shares of overall wealth by wealth group
- Changes in income shares before and after the GFC in 2008
- Comparison of household disposable incomes
- Comparison of income support payment rates and poverty lines
- Comparison of poverty lines with pension and Newstart payments for singles and couples without children (in $2017-18 per annum)
- Comparison of selected income support payments and poverty lines, 2015-16 and 2017-18
- Components of Australia’s wealth
- Household wealth distribution in OECD nations
- Housing costs of lowest 20% compared with middle 20%, among people aged <65 and 65+ (in $2017-18 per week)
- Income distribution of people by capital city
- Income distribution of people by country of birth
- Income distribution of people by family type
- Income distribution of people by State/Territory
- Income distribution of people in households by age
- Income distribution of people in households by gender
- Income distribution of people in households by income support status of household head (2016)
- Income distribution of people in households by labour force status of household reference person
- Income distribution of people in households by main income source
- Income distribution of people outside capital cities
- Increase in average wealth by wealth group
- Labour force status of household reference person in each income group
- Level of income inequality in OECD countries
- Main income source of each income group
- Median equivalised housing costs by family type and age (1999-2015)
- Number of people below the poverty line
- Overall trends in income inequality
- Overall trends in income inequality from 1999 to 2015
- Population in households where the head receives income support (2016)
- Poverty gaps by income support payment
- Poverty Lines by family type
- Poverty rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, by region, in 2016
- Poverty rates in OECD countries
- Profile of each household income group by income support status
- Profile of each income group by age
- Profile of each income group by country of birth
- Profile of each income group by family type
- Profile of each income group by labour force status of household reference person
- Profile of each income group by main source of household income
- Profile of poverty among adults with disability
- Profile of poverty among children
- Profile of poverty by age (% of people in poverty)
- Profile of poverty by country of birth
- Profile of poverty by gender
- Profile of poverty by housing tenure
- Profile of poverty by income support payment
- Profile of poverty by labour force status
- Profile of poverty by main income source
- Profile of wealth holdings of wealth groups
- Rate of poverty among adults with disability
- Rate of poverty among children
- Rate of poverty by age (% of people)
- Rate of poverty by country of birth
- Rate of poverty by family type
- Rate of poverty by gender (% of men and women)
- Rate of poverty by housing tenure
- Rate of poverty by income support payment
- Rate of poverty by labour force status
- Rate of poverty by location
- Rate of poverty by main income source
- Rate of poverty by state/territory of residence
- Reduction in inequality due to the social security and income tax systems
- Share of people with different characteristics in the lowest and highest 20% income groups
- Shares of national household disposable income
- Shares of national wealth by wealth group
- Shares of wealth across wealth groups by asset type
- Trends in average household wealth in different assets
- Trends in average wealth
- Trends in average wealth by wealth group
- Trends in average wealth by wealth group
- Trends in average weekly after tax income
- Trends in average weekly disposable income since 1999-00
- Trends in household disposable incomes, 1999-00 to 2017-18
- Trends in housing costs by income support payment
- Trends in income support payments compared with wages
- Trends in poverty – children, 1999-00 to 2017-18
- Trends in poverty among older people
- Trends in poverty among sole parents
- Trends in poverty among sole parents in income support households
- Trends in poverty among unemployed people
- Trends in poverty gaps among older people
- Trends in poverty gaps among people in sole parent income support households
- Trends in poverty rates by family type and age
- Trends in poverty rates by income support payment
- Trends in poverty, all people, 1999-00 to 2017-18
- Trends in real average household disposable income
- Trends in real average household disposable income since 1999-00
- Trends in reliance on social security
- Trends in single pension rate and poverty line
- Trends in sole parents receiving different payments
- Trends in the concentration of wealth in different assets, from 2003-04 to 2015-16
- Trends in the poverty gap – in $2017-18 per week, 1999-00 to 2017-18
- Trends in the poverty gap as a percentage of poverty line, 1999-00 to 2017-18
- Trends in the single rate of Newstart Allowance, pensions and wages
- Trends in wealth inequality by asset type
- Value and profile of household wealth for each income group
- Wealth distribution among income groups
- Who sits in the lowest 40% and top 20%?
Income inequality
- Annual percentage increase in weekly income, before and after the GFC in 2008
- Australia’s population by age
- Australia’s population by country of birth
- Australia’s population by family type
- Australia’s population by gender
- Australia’s population by labour force status
- Australia’s population by main source of household income
- Average household incomes for different income groups
- Average income tax paid by households
- Average weekly before-tax income from income support payments
- Average weekly before-tax investment and other income
- Average weekly disposable income
- Average weekly gross household income from wages
- Changes in income shares before and after the GFC in 2008
- Comparison of household disposable incomes
- Income distribution of people by capital city
- Income distribution of people by country of birth
- Income distribution of people by family type
- Income distribution of people by State/Territory
- Income distribution of people in households by age
- Income distribution of people in households by gender
- Income distribution of people in households by income support status of household head (2016)
- Income distribution of people in households by labour force status of household reference person
- Income distribution of people in households by main income source
- Income distribution of people outside capital cities
- Labour force status of household reference person in each income group
- Level of income inequality in OECD countries
- Main income source of each income group
- Overall trends in income inequality
- Overall trends in income inequality from 1999 to 2015
- Population in households where the head receives income support (2016)
- Profile of each household income group by income support status
- Profile of each income group by age
- Profile of each income group by country of birth
- Profile of each income group by family type
- Profile of each income group by labour force status of household reference person
- Profile of each income group by main source of household income
- Reduction in inequality due to the social security and income tax systems
- Share of people with different characteristics in the lowest and highest 20% income groups
- Shares of national household disposable income
- Trends in average weekly after tax income
- Trends in average weekly disposable income since 1999-00
- Trends in real average household disposable income
- Trends in real average household disposable income since 1999-00
- Trends in reliance on social security
- Trends in the single rate of Newstart Allowance, pensions and wages
- Who sits in the lowest 40% and top 20%?
Wealth inequality
- Average net wealth, by wealth group
- Change in shares of overall wealth by wealth group
- Components of Australia’s wealth
- Household wealth distribution in OECD nations
- Increase in average wealth by wealth group
- Profile of wealth holdings of wealth groups
- Shares of national wealth by wealth group
- Shares of wealth across wealth groups by asset type
- Trends in average household wealth in different assets
- Trends in average wealth
- Trends in average wealth by wealth group
- Trends in average wealth by wealth group
- Trends in the concentration of wealth in different assets, from 2003-04 to 2015-16
- Trends in wealth inequality by asset type
- Value and profile of household wealth for each income group
- Wealth distribution among income groups
Priority
- Comparison of poverty lines with pension and Newstart payments for singles and couples without children (in $2017-18 per annum)
- Housing costs of lowest 20% compared with middle 20%, among people aged <65 and 65+ (in $2017-18 per week)
- Number of people below the poverty line
- Poverty Lines by family type
- Profile of poverty among children
- Profile of poverty by age (% of people in poverty)
- Rate of poverty among children
- Rate of poverty by age (% of people)
- Trends in poverty – children, 1999-00 to 2017-18
- Trends in poverty, all people, 1999-00 to 2017-18
- Trends in the poverty gap – in $2017-18 per week, 1999-00 to 2017-18
- Trends in the poverty gap as a percentage of poverty line, 1999-00 to 2017-18