GLOSSARY
Business operator
For data in Section One, the business operator population comprises all owner managers of incorporated and unincorporated businesses. It excludes persons who are classified to other types of employment status categories [e.g. persons such as employees who do not own businesses (excluding owner managers of incorporated enterprises) and contributing family workers]. It also excludes persons who are under the age of fifteen and overseas visitors.
For data in Section Two, the business operator population comprises all owner managers of incorporated and unincorporated businesses. It excludes persons who are classified to other types of employment status categories [e.g. persons such as employees who do not own businesses (excluding owner managers of incorporated enterprises), contributing family workers, persons not in the labour force, and the unemployed]. It also excludes persons who are under the age of fifteen, overseas visitors and those persons who provided insufficient information on their Census Form to be included in the business operator population.
Business size ranges
For the purposes of this publication, business operators are classified according to the size of the main business they operate. The specific business size ranges used are based on the number of persons employed in the business. Small business operators are defined as those operators who employ fewer than 20 persons (including non-employing businesses). This treatment concords with ABS' standard (employment-based) definition of "small business".
Continuous duration with current employer or business
The length of the current period of employment people had with their employer or in their own business. The length of time includes periods of paid leave, unpaid leave or strike.
Childcare provision status
Childcare provision status refers to the various methods persons may organise care for a child or children. This includes instances where persons were caring for their own child/children, another person's child or children, or a combination of both.
Family income
The sum of the individual incomes reported by all family members aged fifteen years and over.
Full-time workers in main job
Employed people who usually worked 35 hours or more a week (in main job).
Hours usually worked
The number of hours usually worked in a week.
Individual income
The gross income (including pensions and allowances) that the person usually receives each week.
Industry (ANZSIC)
Individuals have been classified according to their description of activities undertaken by their employer/business at the place where they work. Businesses are coded to industries in the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification 2006 (ANZSIC06) which is a classification system for grouping producing businesses (of both goods and services) in Australia and New Zealand to permit comparability of data. Within ANZSIC, there is a structure comprising four levels ranging from industry division (broadest level) to the industry class (finest level). For more information, users should refer to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification 2006 (cat. no. 1292.0).
Industry division
The main purpose of the industry division level is to provide a limited number of categories which give a broad overall picture of the economy. There are nineteen divisions within ANZSIC06 each identified by an alphabetical letter, that is, 'A' for Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing, 'B' for Mining, 'C' for Manufacturing, etc.
Industry of main job
An industry is a group of businesses or organisations that undertake similar economic activities to produce goods and services. In this publication, industry of main job refers to ANZSIC Division as classified according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 (cat. no. 1292.0).
Main job
The business or job in which the most hours were usually worked.
Non-business operator
For data in Section One, non-business operators comprise employed persons not owning their own business and contributing family workers. It excludes business operators and persons who were excluded from the scope of the Monthly Labour Force Survey and/or Forms of Employment Survey. It also excludes persons who are under the age of fifteen and overseas visitors.
For data in Section Two, non-business operators comprise employees who do not own businesses and contributing family workers. It excludes business operators as well as persons who were not in the labour force or unemployed. It also excludes persons who were under the age of fifteen, overseas visitors and those persons who provided insufficient information on the Census Form to be included in the non-business operator population.
Occupation of main job
An occupation is a collection of jobs that are sufficiently similar in their title and tasks, skill level and skill specialisation which are grouped together for the purposes of classification. In this publication, occupation refers to Major Group as defined by the ANZSCO - Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations, First Edition, 2006 (cat. no. 1220.0).
Part-time workers in main job
Employed people who usually worked less than 35 hours a week (in main job).
Reference week
The week preceding the week in which the interview was conducted.
Worked on a contract basis
Owner managers of incorporated/unincorporated enterprises who were engaged by an organisation to provide a particular service or undertake a particular task at an agreed price or rate, and generally for a specified period.
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