4102.0 - Australian Social Trends, 2005

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National and state economic resources summary tables

ECONOMIC RESOURCES: NATIONAL SUMMARY

INCOME GROWTH

Units

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

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

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

Weekly earnings

Average weekly total earnings - all employees

533

551

574

n.a.

610

n.a.

653

n.a.

698

n.a.

757

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

Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses(b)

index no.

n.a.

n.a

r82.2

r84.8

r87.3

r90.3

r93.3

r96.5

100.0

Full weekly benefit received by a single age pensioner

197

189

197

199

202

203

207

211

220

232

Full weekly benefit received by a couple with two children

347

355

370

386

393

397

405

445

465

482

496

Consumer price index(c)

index no.

110.4

113.9

118.7

120.3

121.8

124.7

132.2

136.0

140.2

143.5

INCOME DISTRIBUTION

Units

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

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

Disposable household income

Mean weekly income of selected households(d)

Lone person aged under 35 years

n.a.

r477

r512

r487

n.a.

r530

r539

n.a.

527

n.y.a.

Couple only, reference person aged under 35

n.a.

r983

r1 015

r1 024

n.a.

r1 138

r1 096

n.a.

1 148

n.y.a.

Couple with dependant children

n.a.

r980

r999

r1 051

n.a.

r1 072

r1 126

n.a.

1 114

n.y.a.

One parent with dependant children

n.a.

r543

r555

r572

n.a.

r600

r608

n.a.

604

n.y.a.

Couple only, reference person aged 65 and over

n.a.

r457

r514

r488

n.a.

r520

r511

n.a.

542

n.y.a.

Lone person aged 65 and over

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)

Low income

n.a.

r240

r241

r250

r252

n.a.

r256

r261

n.a.

269

n.y.a.

Middle income

n.a.

r395

r389

r404

r412

n.a.

r429

r439

n.a.

450

n.y.a.

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)

20th(P20)

n.a.

r239

r237

r247

r249

n.a.

r255

r260

n.a.

267

n.y.a.

50th(P50)

n.a.

r394

r388

r402

r409

n.a.

r429

r438

n.a.

448

n.y.a.

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

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.

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.

P80/P50

ratio

n.a.

1.55

r1.58

1.56

n.a.

1.57

1.56

n.a.

1.57

n.y.a.

P20/P50

ratio

n.a.

0.61

r0.62

0.61

n.a.

0.59

n.a.

0.60

n.y.a.

Share of total equivalised income received by persons with:

Low income

n.a.

10.8

r11.0

11.0

10.8

n.a.

10.5

n.a.

10.6

n.y.a.

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.

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

			Units	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004

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

SOURCES OF INCOME

			Units	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004

	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.

	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

(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

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

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

	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

INCOME DISTRIBUTION

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

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

	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

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

	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

	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

(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.