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State summary tables

INCOME DISTRIBUTION
	Units	Years	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Gross state product at market prices per capita	$'000	1998-99	33.3	32.3	27.5	27.2	34.2	23.6	33.8	39.0	31.5
Gross household disposable income per capita	$'000	1998-99	22.0	21.2	18.8	19.2	20.2	17.4	21.3	29.3	20.8
Share of equivalent income going to top quintile (of all income units)	%	1997-98	39.3	36.8	37.8	36.5	39.3	37.7	n.a.	35.9	38.2
Share of equivalent income going to bottom quintile (of all income units)	%	1997-98	6.7	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.1	8.3	n.a.	6.6	7.1
Gini coefficient (of all income units)	ratio	1997-98	0.46	0.43	0.45	0.44	0.44	0.45	n.a.	0.42	0.44
Median gross weekly income of couple with dependants income units	$	1997-98	926	935	974	819	903	805	n.a.	1 163	928
Median gross weekly income of one-parent income units	$	1997-98	331	388	365	387	400	*378	n.a.	*578	362
SOURCES OF INCOME
	Units	Years	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Wages and salaries as main source of income (of all income units)	%	1997-98	54.4	56.4	0 55.0	48.6	56.2	50.8	n.a.	65.3	54.9
Main income source from government payments (of all income units)	%	1997-98	30.3	28.4	29.1	36.4	26.8	37.4	n.a.	15.9	29.6
Main income source from government payments (of couple with dependants income units)	%	1997-98	11.7	9.7	12.4	19.4	*6.5	*14.1	n.a.	* *	11.2
Main income source from government payments (of one parent income units)	%	1997-98	63.2	59.2	63.1	68.7	61.0	*56.6	n.a.	*42.5	61.6
Mean total weekly earnings of all employees	$	1998	642	600	588	568	586	554	643	734	610
Mean total weekly earnings of full-time adult employees	$	1998	817	767	757	729	781	712	782	874	782
Mean weekly ordinary time earnings of full-time non-managerial adult employees	$	1998	710	684	674	668	695	653	693	745	692
Female/male ratio of average weekly ordinary time earnings of full-time non-managerial adult employees	ratio	1998	0.89	0.90	0.90	0.88	0.84	0.92	0.91	0.92	0.89
INCOME SUPPORT
	Units	Years	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Aged on age pension	%	1999	62.9	65.1	63.3	68.4	62.7	64.7	65.4	49.8	65.5
Age pensioners(a)	'000	1999	580.3	439.6	285.6	164.1	140.0	46.0	5.2	14.3	1 715.8
Male age pensioners	'000	1999	210.6	160.2	106.4	59.9	50.6	16.6	2.1	4.8	634.1
Female age pensioners	'000	1999	369.7	279.4	179.2	104.1	89.4	29.4	3.1	9.5	1 081.7
Labour market allowance	'000	1999	222.1	170.0	152.4	62.4	62.7	24.3	10.9	8.4	713.4
Disability support pensioners(a)	'000	1999	194.1	136.2	105.3	55.1	47.8	20.2	4.5	5.5	577.7
Single-parent payment(a)	'000	1999	127.7	84.4	80.5	31.8	38.7	11.5	4.9	5.2	384.8

(a) Components do not add to total because total for Australia includes pensions paid to people living overseas.
Reference periods: Data for income distribution, sources of income (except mean weekly earnings data which are at May) are for the year ending 30 June. Income support data are at June, except labour market allowance recipients which are at May.

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