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Internet Activity
Voluntary Work

			SA(a)	Aust.(a)(b)
Composition			Jun 2007	Jun 2007
Total population		'000	1 584	21 017
Male population		'000	783	10 452
Female population		'000	802	10 565
Population
	Aged 0-14 years	%	18.1	19.4
	Aged 15-64 years	%	66.7	67.5
	Aged 65 years and over	%	15.2	13.1
Median age of total population(c)		years	38.9	36.8
			SA(d)	Aust.(b)(d)
			Aug 2006	Aug 2006
Indigenous population		'000	25.6	455.0
Median age of indigenous population		years	21.0	20.0

(a) Estimated resident population.
(b) Includes Other Territories.
(c) Preliminary.
(d) 2006 Census of Population and Housing.

		SA	Aust.
Population growth		2006-07	2006-07
Births(a)	'000	18.7	272.9
Deaths(a)	'000	12.0	134.8
Net overseas migration(a)	'000	13.1	177.6
Net interstate migration	'000	-3.6	. .
Total population increase	'000	16.3	315.7
Total population growth	%	1.0	1.5

(a) Preliminary.

		SA	Aust.
Living arrangements		2006	2006
Average family size - persons	no.	2.9	3.0
Families with children aged under 15 years	'000	171	2 261
Couple families	'000	363	4 732
Persons aged 65 years and over who live
alone	%	30.8	25.9
Children aged under 15 living in one-parent
families	%	23.1	19.0

		SA	Aust.
Demographics		2006	2006
Marriage rate (per 1,000 population)	rate	5.0	5.5
Divorce rate (per 1,000 population)	rate	2.5	2.5
Median duration of marriage until final
separation	years	10.2	8.9
Total fertility rate (per female)	rate	1.79	1.81
Births outside marriage - of all births	%	36.6	32.7

			SA	Aust.
Health Status			2006	2006
Life expectancy at birth
	Males	years	78.6	78.7
	Females	years	83.6	83.5
Mortality
	Standardised death rate (per 1,000
	population)	rate	6.0	6.0
	Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births)	rate	3.2	4.7

			SA	Aust.
Causes of Death(a)			2006	2006
Leading causes
	Diseases of the circulatory system	rate	198.7	201.9
	Malignant neoplasm	rate	178.0	176.3
	Ischaemic heart disease	rate	97.8	101.8
	Diabetes mellitus	rate	17.0	16.4

(a) Standardised death rate per 100,000 of the mid year 2006 population.

		SA	Aust.
Road Deaths(a)		2007	2007
Road crash deaths	no.	124	1 611
Road death rate(b)	rate	7.8	7.7
Males, of all road deaths(c)	%	75.2	73.1

(a) Source: Australian Transport Safety Bureau - Road Deaths, Australia, December 2007
(b) Rate per 100,000 population.
(c) SA 2007 figure - Source: SA Department of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure - Road Fatalities in SA, December 2007

		SA	Aust.
Health insurance		Dec qtr 2007	Dec qtr 2007
Total insured persons	'000	707	9 391
Proportion of population with a health
insurance policy(a)	%	44.4	44.4
Total adults with Lifetime Hospital Cover	'000	519	6 751
Top three general treatment services, as a
proportion of all general treatment services
provided(b)	%	72.3	68.3

(a) Preliminary.
(b) Top three general treatment services are Dental, Chiropractic and Physiotherapy.
Source: Private Health Insurance Administration Council - Quarterly Industry Statistics

		SA	Aust.
Labour Force - trend		Mar 2008	Mar 2008
Total labour force	'000	814.5	11 126.3
Participation rate	%	62.9	65.2
Females in total labour force	%	45.1	45.2
Total unemployed	'000	37.0	449.4
Unemployment rate - aged 15 and over	%	4.5	4.0
Unemployment rate - aged 15-19(a)	%	14.9	13.2

(a) Original series only.

		SA	Aust.
Disposable income		2006-07	2006-07
Gross household disposable income per
capita	$	28 964	31 061

		SA	Aust.
Average weekly earnings(a)		Nov 2007	Nov 2007
Males	$	970.60	1 059.70
Females	$	638.60	691.10
Persons	$	804.10	880.30

(a) Total earnings, trend.

		SA	Aust.
Housing occupancy and costs, all households		2005-06	2005-06
Mean housing cost per week	$	145	185
Housing costs as a proportion of gross
income	%	13	14

		SA	Aust.
		2007	2007
School students	'000	258.8	3 441.0
Proportion of full-time students in government
schools	%	65.2	66.4
		SA	Aust.
		2006	2006
Higher education students(a)	'000	69.4	984.1
Overseas students - of all higher education
students(a)	%	26.7	25.5
Vocational Education and Training
students(b)(c)	'000	121.7	1 676.0
		SA	Aust.
		Sept qtr 2007	Sept qtr 2007
Apprentices and trainees(b)(d)	'000	35.1	418.8

(a) Source: Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Selected Higher Education Statistics, 2006
(b) Source: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) - Apprentices and Trainees, September quarter, 2007; Students and Courses, 2006
(c) Use figures with caution. SA data may be under-reported and changes to reporting in NSW have caused break in time series for Australian figure.
(d) Estimate.

		SA	Aust.
Corrective Services		2007	2007
Persons in full time custody	average daily no.	1 776	26 305
Males, as a proportion of all persons in full
time custody	%	93.4	92.8
Imprisonment rate(a)	rate	144.9	164.2

(a) Rate per 100,000 adult population

		SA	Aust.
		Aug 2006	Aug 2006
Proportion of dwellings with internet
connection	%	57.9	63.0
		SA	Aust.
		Dec qtr 2007	Dec qtr 2007
Internet service subscribers	'000	441	7 030

		SA	Aust.
		2006	2006
Volunteers	'000	367.6	5 226.5
Volunteer rate	%	31.4	34.1
Average annual hours	hours	123.6	130.0