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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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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 |
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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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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 |
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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 | % | 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 |
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