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PERSONAL AND HOUSEHOLD FINANCES

For this topic, 7 data cubes are currently available. Examples of data items contained in data cubes within this topic include: principal source of household income; current main source of household income; equivalised disposable household income quintiles; mean of equivalised disposable household income; mean weekly earnings; housing costs; household expenditure; net worth; equity in dwelling; assets and liabilities; household debt and payments; financial stress indicators and contribution of government pensions and allowances to gross household income.

The migrant population referred to in these data cubes reflects the definition of a 'migrant' as described in the Glossary of migrant related terms unless otherwise stated. This glossary also contains definitions of the data items represented in the table rows of the matrix below. The Australian born population is included in the data cubes for comparative purposes.

For the products below, data are available for the migrant related data items that have a cross ('x') in the corresponding row. To open the data cube, simply click on the product of interest (i.e. column headers) and then click on the data cube icon. For detailed information on how to use these matrices, click on How to use the matrices.

Detailed information on the data collections from which these ABS products are sourced can be found under the Personal and Household Finances Topic in the Guide to Migrant Statistical Sources, 2007 (cat. no. 3414.0).

	Employee Earnings Benefits and Trade Union Membership 2006	General Social Survey 2006	General Social Survey 2002	Income and Housing 2005-06
Country of birth (person)	x	x	x	x
Country of birth (mother)
Country of birth (father)
Country of birth (parents)
Country of last residence
Duration of residence
Year of arrival in Australia	x	x	x	x
Age on arrival in Australia
Proficiency in spoken English		x	x
First language spoken as a child
Main language other than English spoken at home		x	x
Main language spoken at home
Languages spoken at home
Australian citizenship		x
Ancestry
Religious affiliation
Visa category		x
Selected demographic characteristics	x	x	x	x
Selected geographic characteristics	x	x	x	x
Selected work and education characteristics	x	x	x	x
Selected economic characteristics	x	x	x	x

	Income and Housing and Household Expenditure 2003-04	Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Recent Migrants 2007	Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Migrants 2004
Country of birth (person)	x	x	x
Country of birth (mother)
Country of birth (father)
Country of birth (parents)
Country of last residence		x	x
Duration of residence
Year of arrival in Australia	x	x	x
Age on arrival in Australia		x	x
Proficiency in spoken English		x	x
First language spoken as a child
Main language other than English spoken at home		x	x
Main language spoken at home
Languages spoken at home
Australian citizenship		x	x
Ancestry
Religious affiliation
Visa category		x	x
Selected demographic characteristics	x	x	x
Selected geographic characteristics	x	x	x
Selected work and education characteristics	x	x	x
Selected economic characteristics	x

MORE DETAILED SOURCE INFORMATION

Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership, 2006

3415.0 Migrants, Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership, 2006 (506kB,xls)

Main Features for source product - Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership, Australia, Aug 2006 (cat. no. 6310.0)

General Social Survey, 2006

3415.0 Migrants, General Social Survey, 2006 (483kB, xls)

Main Features for source product - General Social Survey: Summary Results, Australia, 2006 (cat. no. 4159.0)

General Social Survey 2002

3415.0 Migrants, General Social Survey, 2002 (274kB, xls)

Main Features for source product - General Social Survey: Summary Results, Australia, 2002 (cat. no. 4159.0)

Income and Housing, 2005-06

3415.0 Migrants, Income and Housing, 2005-06 (204kB, xls)

Main Features for source product - Household Income and Income Distribution, Australia, 2005-06 (cat. no. 6523.0)

Main Features for source product - Household Wealth and Wealth Distribution, 2005-06 (cat. no. 6554.0)

Main Features for source product - Housing Occupancy and Costs, Australia, 2005-06 (cat. no. 4130.0.55.001)

Income, Housing and Household Expenditure, 2003-04

3415.0 Migrants, Income, Housing and Household Expenditure, 2003-04 (233kB, xls)

Main Features for source product - Household Income and Income Distribution, Australia, 2003-04 (cat. no. 6523.0)

Main Features for source product - Household Expenditure Survey, Australia: Summary of Results, 2003-04 (cat. no. 6530.0)

Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Recent Migrants, 2007

3415.0 Migrants, Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Recent Migrants, 2007 (956kB, xls)

Main Features for source product - Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Recent Migrants, Australia, Nov 2007 (cat. no. 6250.0)

Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Migrants, 2004

3415.0 Migrants, Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Migrants, 2004 (348kB, xls)

Main Features for source product - Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Migrants, Australia, Nov 2004 (cat. no. 6250.0)



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