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National and state economic resources summary tables
ECONOMIC RESOURCES: NATIONAL SUMMARY
INCOME GROWTH |
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| | | Units | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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1 | | Real net national disposable income per capita(a) | $'000 | 22.9 | 24.1 | r25.6 | r26.5 | r27.5 | r28.4 | r29.4 | r29.8 | r30.6 | r31.2 | 32.5 |
2 | | Real GDP per capita(a) | $'000 | 28.7 | 30.4 | r32.1 | r33.0 | r34.0 | r35.5 | r36.4 | r36.7 | r37.6 | r38.4 | 39.3 |
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| Weekly earnings | | | | | | | | | | | | |
3 | | Average weekly total earnings - all employees | $ | 533 | 551 | 574 | n.a. | 610 | n.a. | 653 | n.a. | 698 | n.a. | 757 |
4 | | Average weekly ordinary time earnings of full-time adult non-managerial employees | $ | 578 | 608 | 634 | n.a. | 692 | n.a. | 737 | n.a. | 800 | n.a. | 868 |
5 | Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses(b) | index no. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a | r82.2 | r84.8 | r87.3 | r90.3 | r93.3 | r96.5 | 100.0 |
6 | Full weekly benefit received by a single age pensioner | $ | 197 | 189 | 197 | 199 | 202 | 203 | 203 | 207 | 211 | 220 | 232 |
7 | Full weekly benefit received by a couple with two children | $ | 347 | 355 | 370 | 386 | 393 | 397 | 405 | 445 | 465 | 482 | 496 |
8 | Consumer price index(c) | index no. | 110.4 | 113.9 | 118.7 | 120.3 | 120.3 | 121.8 | 124.7 | 132.2 | 136.0 | 140.2 | 143.5 |
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INCOME DISTRIBUTION |
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| | | Units | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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9 | Female/male ratio of mean weekly ordinary time earnings of full-time adult non-managerial employees | ratio | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.89 | n.a. | 0.89 | n.a. | 0.90 | n.a. | 0.89 | n.a. | 0.90 |
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| Disposable household income | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mean weekly income of selected households(d) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
10 | | Lone person aged under 35 years | $ | n.a. | n.a. | r477 | r512 | r487 | n.a. | r530 | r539 | n.a. | 527 | n.y.a. |
11 | | Couple only, reference person aged under 35 | $ | n.a. | n.a. | r983 | r1 015 | r1 024 | n.a. | r1 138 | r1 096 | n.a. | 1 148 | n.y.a. |
12 | | Couple with dependant children | $ | n.a. | n.a. | r980 | r999 | r1 051 | n.a. | r1 072 | r1 126 | n.a. | 1 114 | n.y.a. |
13 | | One parent with dependant children | $ | n.a. | n.a. | r543 | r555 | r572 | n.a. | r600 | r608 | n.a. | 604 | n.y.a. |
14 | | Couple only, reference person aged 65 and over | $ | n.a. | n.a. | r457 | r514 | r488 | n.a. | r520 | r511 | n.a. | 542 | n.y.a. |
15 | | Lone person aged 65 and over | $ | n.a. | n.a. | r259 | r272 | r275 | n.a. | r303 | r291 | n.a. | 304 | n.y.a. |
| Mean weekly equivalised income for selected groups of households(d) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
16 | | Low income | $ | n.a. | r240 | r241 | r250 | r252 | n.a. | r256 | r261 | n.a. | 269 | n.y.a. |
17 | | Middle income | $ | n.a. | r395 | r389 | r404 | r412 | n.a. | r429 | r439 | n.a. | 450 | n.y.a. |
18 | | High income | $ | n.a. | r841 | r819 | r842 | r882 | n.a. | r932 | r958 | n.a. | 976 | n.y.a. |
| Weekly equivalised household income of persons at top of selected income percentiles(d) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
19 | | 20th(P20) | $ | n.a. | r239 | r237 | r247 | r249 | n.a. | r255 | r260 | n.a. | 267 | n.y.a. |
20 | | 50th(P50) | $ | n.a. | r394 | r388 | r402 | r409 | n.a. | r429 | r438 | n.a. | 448 | n.y.a. |
21 | | 80th(P80) | $ | n.a. | r611 | r612 | r627 | r639 | n.a. | r674 | r683 | n.a. | 702 | n.y.a. |
| Ratio of equivalised household incomes of persons at top of selected income percentiles | | | | | | | | | | | | |
22 | | P90/P10 | ratio | n.a. | 3.77 | r3.73 | 3.66 | 3.77 | n.a. | 3.89 | r3.98 | n.a. | 4.00 | n.y.a. |
23 | | P80/P20 | ratio | n.a. | 2.56 | 2.58 | r2.53 | 2.56 | n.a. | 2.64 | 2.63 | n.a. | 2.63 | n.y.a. |
24 | | P80/P50 | ratio | n.a. | 1.55 | r1.58 | 1.56 | 1.56 | n.a. | 1.57 | 1.56 | n.a. | 1.57 | n.y.a. |
25 | | P20/P50 | ratio | n.a. | 0.61 | 0.61 | r0.62 | 0.61 | n.a. | 0.59 | 0.59 | n.a. | 0.60 | n.y.a. |
| Share of total equivalised income received by persons with: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
26 | | Low income | % | n.a. | 10.8 | r11.0 | 11.0 | 10.8 | n.a. | 10.5 | 10.5 | n.a. | 10.6 | n.y.a. |
27 | | High income | % | n.a. | 37.8 | 37.3 | 37.1 | 37.9 | n.a. | 38.4 | 38.5 | n.a. | 38.3 | n.y.a. |
28 | Gini coefficient of equivalised income | ratio | n.a. | 0.302 | 0.296 | 0.292 | 0.303 | n.a. | 0.310 | 0.311 | n.a. | 0.309 | n.y.a. |
EXPENDITURE |
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| | | Units | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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29 | Real household final consumption expenditure per capita(a) | $'000 | 17.2 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 17.8 | 18.6 | 19.5 | 20.3 | 20.9 | 21.6 | 22.4 | 23.9 |
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SOURCES OF INCOME |
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| | | Units | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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| Main source of income - of all households | | | | | | | | | | | | |
30 | | Wages and salaries | % | n.a. | 57.6 | 56.7 | 56.3 | 56.8 | n.a. | 56.7 | 56.9 | n.a. | 58.0 | n.y.a. |
31 | | Own business or partnership | % | n.a. | 6.1 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 6.0 | n.a. | 6.4 | 6.4 | n.a. | 6.2 | n.y.a. |
32 | | Government pensions and allowances | % | n.a. | 28.4 | 28.2 | 28.7 | 28.4 | n.a. | 28.7 | 28.3 | n.a. | 26.6 | n.y.a. |
33 | | Other | % | n.a. | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 7.7 | n.a. | 7.3 | 7.3 | n.a. | 8.1 | n.y.a. |
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| Income support | | | | | | | | | | | | |
34 | GDP spent on social assistance benefits in cash to residents | % | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 8.4 | r8.5 | r9.1 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.2 |
| Main source of income is government pensions and allowances - proportion of all households in selected groups | | | | | | | | | | | | |
35 | | Lone person aged under 35 years | % | n.a. | n.a. | 14.6 | 15.6 | 16.3 | n.a. | 17.2 | 13.7 | n.a. | 10.3 | n.y.a. |
36 | | Couple only, reference person aged under 35 | % | n.a. | n.a. | *1.6 | *2.6 | *3.6 | n.a. | *2.6 | *2.8 | n.a. | 3.4 | n.y.a. |
37 | | Couple with dependant children | % | n.a. | n.a. | 9.7 | 10.6 | 10.3 | n.a. | 10.7 | 9.1 | n.a. | 8.7 | n.y.a. |
38 | | One parent with dependant children | % | n.a. | n.a. | 53.3 | 58.7 | 54.3 | n.a. | 53.1 | 53.0 | n.a. | 48.9 | n.y.a. |
39 | | Couple only, reference person aged 65 and over | % | n.a. | n.a. | 71.2 | 65.2 | 65.9 | n.a. | 70.1 | 71.7 | n.a. | 66.4 | n.y.a. |
40 | | Lone person aged 65 and over | % | n.a. | n.a. | 79.8 | 80.0 | 77.9 | n.a. | 79.8 | 79.2 | n.a. | 79.9 | n.y.a. |
| Recipients of selected government payments | | | | | | | | | | | | |
41 | | Labour market program allowance(e) | '000 | 878.3 | 822.6 | 846.6 | 829.9 | r871.5 | r773.8 | r699.4 | r703.4 | r674.8 | r633.3 | 602.7 |
42 | | Single-parent payment(f) | '000 | 313.4 | 324.9 | 342.3 | 358.9 | 372.3 | 384.9 | 397.3 | 424.6 | 436.6 | 444.8 | 455.6 |
43 | | Disability support pension(g) | '000 | 436.2 | 464.4 | 499.2 | 527.5 | 555.3 | 577.8 | 602.4 | 623.9 | 658.9 | 673.3 | 696.7 |
44 | | Age pension | '000 | 1,582 | 1,579 | 1,603 | 1,680 | 1,683 | 1,716 | 1,730 | 1,786 | 1,811 | 1,854 | 1,870 |
45 | | Age pensioners - of persons of qualifying age | % | 64.3 | 63.0 | 62.7 | 64.4 | 65.4 | 65.5 | 65.9 | 65.8 | 66.2 | 66.3 | 67.4 |
46 | | Females - of all age pensioners | % | 67.5 | 65.5 | 64.4 | 64.4 | 63.5 | 63.1 | 62.1 | 61.6 | r59.6 | r59.4 | 59.5 |
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(a) Chain volume measure, reference year 2002-03.
(b) Base year is 2003-04 financial year.
(c) Base of each index: 1989-90 = 100.0.
(d) Adjusted for changes in the Consumer Price Index; values are given in 2002-03 dollars.
(e) Average weekly data for June. Includes people who receive a nil rate of payment.
(f) Includes people who receive a nil rate of payment and payments to people living overseas.
(g) Includes payments to people living overseas.
Reference periods:
All data are for the financial year ending 30 June except:
Data for indicators 3-4 and 9 are at May.
Data for indicators 6-7, 41 and 43-46 are at June and data for indicator 42 is at June Quarter. |
ECONOMIC RESOURCES: STATE SUMMARY
INCOME GROWTH |
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| | | Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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1 | Gross household disposable income per capita | $'000 | 2003-04 | 26.8 | 27.2 | 22.9 | 23.9 | 26.0 | 22.0 | 28.0 | 38.2 | 25.9 |
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| Weekly earnings | | | | | | | | | | | |
2 | | Average weekly total earnings - all employees | $ | 2004 | 802 | 759 | 709 | 679 | 757 | 618 | 759 | 856 | 757 |
3 | | Average weekly ordinary time earnings of full-time adult non-managerial employees | $ | 2004 | 904 | 865 | 819 | 812 | 893 | 797 | 864 | 900 | 868 |
4 | Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses(a) | index no. | 2004 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
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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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5 | Female/male ratio of mean weekly ordinary time earnings of full-time adult non-managerial employees | ratio | 2004 | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.85 | 0.92 | 0.95 | 0.93 | 0.90 |
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| Disposable household income | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mean weekly income of selected households | | | | | | | | | | | |
6 | | Lone person aged under 35 years | $ | 2002-03 | 495 | 580 | 515 | 510 | 556 | 389 | 480 | 618 | 527 |
7 | | Couple only, reference person aged under 35 | $ | 2002-03 | 1,229 | 1,223 | 965 | 1,087 | 1,045 | 974 | 1,130 | 1,235 | 1,148 |
8 | | Couple with dependant children | $ | 2002-03 | 1,151 | 1,108 | 1,072 | 1,022 | 1,135 | 956 | 1,276 | 1,403 | 1,114 |
9 | | One parent with dependant children | $ | 2002-03 | 596 | 602 | 589 | 661 | 610 | 584 | 581 | 709 | 604 |
10 | | Couple only, reference person aged 65 and over | $ | 2002-03 | 522 | 554 | 593 | 470 | 515 | 573 | 433 | 753 | 542 |
11 | | Lone person aged 65 and over | $ | 2002-03 | 326 | 309 | 266 | 284 | 295 | 284 | 288 | 406 | 304 |
| Mean weekly equivalised household income for selected groups of persons | | | | | | | | | | | |
12 | | Low income | $ | 2002-03 | 270 | 269 | 267 | 263 | 272 | 250 | 330 | 363 | 269 |
13 | | Middle income | $ | 2002-03 | 457 | 455 | 433 | 429 | 446 | 392 | 552 | 615 | 450 |
14 | | High income | $ | 2002-03 | 1,012 | 1,003 | 910 | 895 | 970 | 777 | 973 | 1,127 | 976 |
| Weekly equivalised household income of persons at top of selected income percentiles | | | | | | | | | | | |
15 | | 20th(P20) | $ | 2002-03 | 266 | 266 | 268 | 262 | 271 | 249 | 304 | 350 | 267 |
16 | | 50th(P50) | $ | 2002-03 | 452 | 454 | 430 | 430 | 441 | 391 | 569 | 613 | 448 |
17 | | 80th(P80) | $ | 2002-03 | 729 | 718 | 662 | 665 | 692 | 601 | 848 | 858 | 702 |
| Ratio of equivalised household incomes of persons at top of selected income percentiles | | | | | | | | | | | |
18 | | P90/P10 | ratio | 2002-03 | 4.26 | 4.09 | 3.65 | 3.81 | 3.86 | 3.49 | 4.05 | 3.79 | 4.00 |
19 | | P80/P20 | ratio | 2002-03 | 2.74 | 2.70 | 2.46 | 2.54 | 2.55 | 2.42 | 2.79 | 2.45 | 2.63 |
20 | | P80/P50 | ratio | 2002-03 | 1.61 | 1.58 | 1.54 | 1.55 | 1.57 | 1.54 | 1.49 | 1.40 | 1.57 |
21 | | P20/P50 | ratio | 2002-03 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.64 | 0.53 | 0.57 | 0.60 |
| Share of total equivalised household income received by persons with: | | | | | | | | | | | |
22 | | Low income | % | 2002-03 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 10.6 |
23 | | High income | % | 2002-03 | 38.7 | 38.7 | 37.4 | 37.2 | 38.3 | 35.8 | 33.8 | 34.9 | 38.3 |
24 | Gini coefficient of equivalised income | ratio | 2002-03 | 0.315 | 0.314 | 0.296 | 0.291 | 0.310 | 0.276 | 0.265 | 0.272 | 0.309 |
SOURCES OF INCOME |
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| | | 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 | % | 2002-03 | 57.3 | 58.9 | 57.8 | 53.8 | 60.3 | 50.1 | 80.1 | 70.0 | 58.0 |
26 | | Own business or partnership | % | 2002-03 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 5.0 | *5.4 | 4.7 | 6.2 |
27 | | Government pensions and allowances | % | 2002-03 | 26.3 | 25.8 | 27.7 | 30.8 | 24.7 | 37.6 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 26.6 |
28 | | Other | % | 2002-03 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 6.3 | 6.4 | *2.7 | 12.9 | 8.1 |
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| Income support | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Recipients of selected government payments | | | | | | | | | | | |
29 | | Labour market program allowance(b) | '000 | 2004 | 184.8 | 141.6 | 124.2 | 49.5 | 57.5 | 21.4 | 17.0 | 5.6 | 601.7 |
30 | | Single-parent payment(c)(d) | '000 | 2004 | 146.3 | 100.4 | 100.6 | 36.3 | 46.5 | 13.6 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 455.6 |
31 | | Disability support pension(d) | '000 | 2004 | 225.6 | 165.6 | 134.2 | 66.3 | 58.7 | 33.3 | 7.0 | 5.7 | 696.7 |
32 | | Age pension(d) | '000 | 2004 | 608.3 | 473.1 | 325.0 | 172.3 | 155.9 | 52.3 | 6.1 | 17.0 | 1,869.6 |
33 | Age pensioners - of persons of qualifying age | % | 2004 | 63.1 | 67.0 | 65.3 | 70.4 | 63.3 | 71.3 | 62.4 | 52.1 | 67.4 |
34 | Females - of all age pensioners | % | 2004 | 60.0 | 60.0 | 58.8 | 60.1 | 59.7 | 59.4 | 55.4 | 62.3 | 59.5 |
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(a) Base year is 2003-04 financial year.
(b) Point in time data. Includes people who receive a nil rate of payment.
(c) Includes people who receive a nil rate of payment.
(d) 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:
All data are for the financial year ending 30 June except:
Data for indicators 2-3 and 5 are at May.
Data for indicators 29 and 31-34 are at June and data for indicator 30 is at June quarter.
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