State summary tables
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
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 | Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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| Gross state product per capita (market price) | $'000 | 1994-95 | 25.9 | 26.6 | 22.9 | 22.6 | 27.5 | 20.6 | 28.3 | 32.0 | 25.4 |
| Household disposable income per capita | $'000 | 1994-95 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 14.7 | 15.1 | 15.8 | 13.8 | 15.9 | 21.1 | 16.1 |
| Share of equivalent income going to top quintile (of all income units) | % | 1994-95 | 38.1 | 38.6 | 36.9 | 37.2 | 37.4 | 35.8 | n.a. | 35.2 | 37.8 |
| Share of equivalent income going to bottom quintile (of all income units) | % | 1994-95 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.9 | n.a. | 7.3 | 7.2 |
| Gini coefficient (of all income units) | no. | 1994-95 | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.41 | n.a. | 0.38 | 0.44 |
| Median gross weekly income of couple with dependants income units | $ | 1994-95 | 866 | 842 | 816 | 757 | 852 | 820 | n.a. | 1,003 | 842 |
| Median gross weekly income of one parent income units | $ | 1994-95 | 326 | 361 | 349 | 334 | 387 | 261 | n.a. | *458 | 349 |
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SOURCES OF INCOME
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 | Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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| Main income source from government payments (of all income units) | % | 1994-95 | 28.4 | 28.3 | 28.8 | 34.8 | 27.3 | 34.8 | n.a. | 17.5 | 28.8 |
| Main income source from government payments (of couple with dependants income units) | % | 1994-95 | 12.1 | 10.3 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 14.9 | n.a. | * * | 11.4 |
| Main income source from government payments (of one parent income units) | % | 1994-95 | 56.1 | 58.8 | 61.4 | 59.8 | 66.7 | 73.7 | n.a. | *46.5 | 59.4 |
| Mean total weekly earnings of all employees | $ | 1995 | 572 | 553 | 524 | 518 | 543 | 501 | 560 | 624 | 551 |
| Mean total weekly earnings of full-time adult employees | $ | 1995 | 712 | 689 | 654 | 648 | 703 | 638 | 680 | 770 | 690 |
| Mean weekly ordinary time earnings of full-time non-managerial adult employees | $ | 1995 | 621 | 603 | 590 | 590 | 616 | 572 | 616 | 655 | 608 |
| Female/male ratio of mean total full-time adult weekly earnings | no. | 1995 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.84 | 0.76 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.80 | 0.81 |
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INCOME SUPPORT
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 | Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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| Aged on age pension | % | 1995-96 | 60.6 | 62.7 | 60.4 | 66.3 | 59.7 | 62.1 | 61.7 | 45.4 | 62.7 |
| Age pensioners(a) | '000 | 1995-96 | 546.5 | 410.1 | 267.5 | 157.0 | 129.3 | 43.5 | 4.7 | 12.0 | 1,602.8 |
| Unemployment allowees | '000 | 1995-96 | 263.4 | 211.8 | 173.6 | 76.3 | 71.9 | 27.5 | 11.6 | 10.4 | 846.6 |
| Disability support pensioners(a) | '000 | 1995-96 | 172.3 | 115.6 | 88.3 | 46.0 | 42.8 | 17.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 499.2 |
| Sole parent pensioners(a) | '000 | 1995-96 | 114.8 | 75.1 | 69.3 | 29.0 | 34.0 | 10.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 342.3 |
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(a) Components do not add to total because total for Australia includes pensions paid to people living overseas.
This page last updated 23 February 2006