1386.0 - What's New in Regional Statistics, Dec 2008  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 03/12/2008   
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ECONOMY


RECENT RELEASES

Interstate Commuters


FORTHCOMING RELEASES

Personal Income Tax Data


INTERSTATE COMMUTERS

The recent release of Australian Labour Market Statistics, Oct 2008 (cat. no. 6105.0) on 3 October 2008 contains an article on Interstate Commuters, i.e. people who live in one state but work in another. The article uses data from the 2006 Census of Population and Housing and relates to the main job of the individual in the week prior to the Census. There is a brief analysis of where people are commuting from, the destinations they are commuting to and in which industries and occupations they are employed.

Key findings in the article include:

  • The mining industry accounted for 19% of those commuters travelling to Western Australia to work and 13% of those travelling to South Australia.
  • In the Northern Territory, 20% of persons who commuted there for work were employed in the Construction industry, while the national total for interstate commuters employed in Construction was 9%.


PERSONAL INCOME TAX DATA

The latest personal income tax data are due for release in the next few months. The products to be released are:
  • Regional Wage and Salary Earner Statistics, Australia 2005-06 - Datacubes (cat. no. 5673.0.55.003). (Early 2009).
  • Persons with Main Source of Income from Own Unincorporated Business, Australia 2004-05 to 2005-06 - Datacubes (cat. no. 6225.0.55.001). (Early 2009).
  • Estimates of Personal Income for Small Areas, 2001-02 to 2005-06 - Datacubes (cat. no. 6524.0.55.002). (17 December 2008).

The statistics produced for these releases have been compiled from the Australian Taxation Office's Individual Income Tax Return Database. The data are available for various levels of the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) such as Statistical Local Areas (SLAs), Local Government Areas (LGAs), Statistical Subdivisions (SSDs) and Statistical Divisions (SDs).