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State summary tables
INCOME GROWTH
| | | Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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1 | Gross household disposable income per capita | $'000 | 2001-2002 | 25.5 | 25.1 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 23.9 | 19.5 | 25.6 | 34.3 | 24.2 |
| Weekly earnings | | | | | | | | | | | |
2 | | Average weekly total earnings - all employees | $ | 2002 | 736 | 704 | 643 | 669 | 679 | 594 | 700 | 777 | 698 |
3 | | Average weekly ordinary time earnings of full-time adult non-managerial employees | $ | 2002 | 827 | 804 | 756 | 777 | 792 | 759 | 803 | 864 | 800 |
4 | Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses | index no. | 2002 | 115.6 | 114.7 | 114.2 | 114.1 | 114.5 | 112.6 | 113.2 | 113.5 | 114.8 |
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INCOME DISTRIBUTION
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Units |
Years |
NSW |
Vic. |
Qld |
SA |
WA |
Tas. |
NT |
ACT |
Aust. |
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Female/male ratio of mean weekly ordinary time earnings of full-time adult non-managerial employees |
ratio |
2002 |
0.89 |
0.91 |
0.88 |
0.91 |
0.86 |
1.00 |
0.88 |
0.89 |
0.89 |
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Household disposable income |
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Mean weekly income of selected households |
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Lone person aged under 35 |
$ |
1997-1998 |
431.2 |
411.3 |
430.0 |
424.2 |
355.2 |
295.7 |
*492.5 |
*506.0 |
413.7 |
7 |
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Couple only, reference person aged under 35 |
$ |
1997-1998 |
910.0 |
908.2 |
798.8 |
807.9 |
885.9 |
742.3 |
*1,016.4 |
*1,003.5 |
875.0 |
8 |
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Couple with dependent children only |
$ |
1997-1998 |
833.1 |
840.4 |
863.5 |
728.2 |
820.5 |
713.8 |
1,037.4 |
969.8 |
833.8 |
9 |
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One parent with dependent children only |
$ |
1997-1998 |
422.7 |
449.2 |
425.9 |
412.4 |
460.6 |
390.8 |
612.3 |
468.0 |
434.5 |
10 |
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Couple only, reference person aged 65 and over |
$ |
1997-1998 |
432.8 |
420.6 |
416.5 |
353.6 |
438.1 |
406.0 |
**277.3 |
*683.4 |
421.9 |
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Lone person aged 65 and over |
$ |
1997-1998 |
237.4 |
223.8 |
247.5 |
224.8 |
248.7 |
224.7 |
253.2 |
297.1 |
236.1 |
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Mean weekly equivalised income for selected groups of households |
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Low income |
$ |
1997-1998 |
425 |
445 |
426 |
398 |
433 |
405 |
479 |
509 |
427 |
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Middle income |
$ |
1997-1998 |
733 |
734 |
709 |
629 |
730 |
604 |
887 |
932 |
720 |
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High income |
$ |
1997-1998 |
1,740 |
1,590 |
1,604 |
1,373 |
1,729 |
1,404 |
1,666 |
1,783 |
1,642 |
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Weekly equivalised income of households at top of selected income percentile |
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15 |
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20th(P20) |
$ |
1997-1998 |
421 |
439 |
420 |
398 |
422 |
408 |
491 |
519 |
420 |
16 |
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50th(P50) |
$ |
1997-1998 |
725 |
722 |
700 |
627 |
739 |
595 |
860 |
943 |
716 |
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80th(P80) |
$ |
1997-1998 |
1,229 |
1,178 |
1,125 |
1,071 |
1,206 |
963 |
1,281 |
1,428 |
1,180 |
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Ratios of weekly equivalised incomes of households at top of selected income percentiles |
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18 |
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P90/P10 |
ratio |
1997-1998 |
4.11 |
3.90 |
3.80 |
3.59 |
4.07 |
3.41 |
4.13 |
4.44 |
3.96 |
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P80/P20 |
ratio |
1997-1998 |
2.92 |
2.68 |
2.68 |
2.69 |
2.86 |
2.36 |
2.61 |
2.75 |
2.81 |
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P80/P50 |
ratio |
1997-1998 |
1.70 |
1.63 |
1.61 |
1.71 |
1.63 |
1.62 |
1.49 |
1.51 |
1.65 |
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P20/P50 |
ratio |
1997-1998 |
0.58 |
0.61 |
0.60 |
0.63 |
0.57 |
0.69 |
0.57 |
0.55 |
0.59 |
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Share of weekly equivalised income received by households with: |
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22 |
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High incomes |
% |
1997-1998 |
40.2 |
37.9 |
38.9 |
37.8 |
40.3 |
39.1 |
35.6 |
35.9 |
39.2 |
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Low incomes |
% |
1997-1998 |
9.8 |
10.6 |
10.3 |
10.9 |
10.0 |
11.2 |
10.4 |
10.2 |
10.2 |
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Gini coefficient of weekly equivalised household income |
ratio |
1997-1998 |
0.336 |
0.307 |
0.316 |
0.308 |
0.332 |
0.304 |
0.290 |
0.295 |
0.322 |
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SOURCES OF INCOME
| | | Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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| Main source of income - of all households | | | | | | | | | | | |
25 | | Wages and salaries | % | 1998 | r56.8 | r59.8 | r55.8 | r49.3 | r57.9 | r51.5 | r72.4 | r65.7 | r57.0 |
26 | | Own business or partnership | % | 1998 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 4.2 | *3.2 | *4.9 | 6.0 |
27 | | Government pensions and allowances | % | 1998 | r29.2 | r25.1 | r29.4 | r35.5 | r26.0 | r36.7 | r21.1 | r15.9 | r28.4 |
28 | | Other | % | 1998 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 6.8 | n.a. | 12.6 | 7.6 |
| Income support | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Main source of income is government pensions and allowances - proportion of all households in selected life-cycle groups | | | | | | | | | | | |
29 | | Lone person aged under 35 | % | 1998 | 15.1 | *11.9 | *13.9 | *17.5 | *25.3 | *36.6 | n.a. | n.a. | 16.1 |
30 | | Couple only, reference person aged under 35 | % | 1998 | *6.4 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 3.9 |
31 | | Couple with dependent children only | % | 1998 | 12.8 | 7.8 | 12.3 | 16.7 | *7.4 | *11.5 | n.a. | n.a. | 10.9 |
32 | | One parent with dependent children only | % | 1998 | 60.2 | 54.1 | 62.4 | 70.0 | 56.5 | 62.7 | n.a. | **47.6 | 59.1 |
33 | | Couple only, reference person aged 65 and over | % | 1998 | 66.8 | 67.0 | 60.4 | 72.6 | 61.5 | 75.7 | n.a. | **32.7 | 65.6 |
34 | | Lone person aged 65 and over | % | 1998 | 81.1 | 71.0 | 80.6 | 79.4 | 77.1 | 88.0 | n.a. | **51.5 | 78.1 |
| Recipients of selected government payments | | | | | | | | | | | |
35 | | Labour market program allowance(a) | '000 | 2001 | 196.2 | 147.1 | 151.1 | 58.7 | 66.3 | 23.6 | 15.4 | 6.0 | 664.9 |
36 | | Single-parent payment(b) | '000 | 2002 | 141.5 | 95.4 | 95.2 | 35.1 | 45.1 | 12.8 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 436.6 |
37 | | Disability support pension(b) | '000 | 2002 | 217.1 | 155.2 | 124.9 | 63.0 | 55.1 | 22.9 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 658.9 |
38 | | Age pension(b) | '000 | 2002 | 601.4 | 462.8 | 308.6 | 170.6 | 151.0 | 49.2 | 5.7 | 16.5 | 1,810.8 |
39 | Age pensioners - of persons of qualifying age | % | 2001 | 62.4 | 65.7 | 63.7 | 69.3 | 63.1 | 66.9 | 64.4 | 51.4 | 65.8 |
40 | Females - of all age pensioners | % | 2001 | 62.4 | 62.2 | 61.4 | 62.2 | 62.4 | 62.2 | 57.1 | 64.4 | 61.6 |
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(a) Point in time data which will not match average of weekly data. This data include people whom receive a nil rate of payment.
(b) Components do not add to Australian total because total for Australia includes payments to people living overseas and where valid geographic data were not available.
Reference periods: Data for income distribution and sources of income (except average weekly total earnings data which are at May) are for the year ending 30 June. Income support data are at June.
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