4102.0 - Australian Social Trends, 2003

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National summary tables

INCOME GROWTH

			Units	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

1	Real net national disposable income per capita(a)		$'000	21.9	22.4	22.9	23.5	24.4	25.3	26.2	27.0	28.0	28.3	29.2
2	Real GDP per capita(a)		$'000	r27.2	r27.9	r28.7	r29.6	r30.4	r31.2	r32.2	r33.6	r34.5	r34.7	35.7
	Weekly earnings
3		Average weekly total earnings - all employees	$	r510	r526	r533	r551	r574	n.a.	r610	n.a.	r653	n.a.	698
4		Average weekly ordinary time earnings of full-time adult non-managerial employees	$	541	558	578	608	634	n.a.	692	n.a.	737	n.a.	800
5	Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses		index no.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	100.0	101.2	104.4	107.4	111.1	114.8
6	Full weekly benefit received by a single age pensioner		$	196.3	196.5	196.8	189.3	196.8	199.1	201.6	203.3	202.8	206.7	210.9
7	Full weekly benefit received by a couple with two children		$	326	339	347	355	370	386	393	397	405	r445	465
8	Consumer price index		index no.	107.3	108.4	110.4	113.9	118.7	120.3	120.3	121.8	124.7	132.2	136.0

INCOME DISTRIBUTION

Units

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

Female/male ratio of mean weekly ordinary time earnings of full-time adult non-managerial employees

ratio

0.92

0.91

0.92

0.91

0.89

n.a.

0.89

n.a.

0.90

n.a.

0.89

Household disposable income

Mean weekly income of selected households(b)

Lone person aged under 35

n.a.

383

403

437

414

n.a.

n.y.a.

Couple only, reference person aged under 35

n.a.

809

834

865

875

n.a.

n.y.a.

Couple with dependent children only

n.a.

752

763

789

834

n.a.

n.y.a.

One parent with dependent children only

n.a.

367

394

408

435

n.a.

n.y.a.

Couple only, reference person aged 65 and over

n.a.

373

389

446

422

n.a.

n.y.a.

Lone person aged 65 and over

n.a.

201

218

235

236

n.a.

n.y.a.

Mean weekly equivalised income for selected groups of households(b)

Low income

n.a.

408

427

n.a.

n.y.a.

Middle income

n.a.

687

680

707

720

n.a.

n.y.a.

High income

n.a.

1,556

1,518

1,561

1,642

n.a.

n.y.a.

Weekly equivalised income of households at top of selected income percentiles(b)

20th(P20)

n.a.

402

404

419

420

n.a.

n.y.a.

50th(P50)

n.a.

687

676

704

716

n.a.

n.y.a.

80th(P80)

n.a.

1,122

1,121

1,160

1,180

n.a.

n.y.a.

Ratios of weekly equivalised incomes of households at top of selected income percentiles

P90/P10

ratio

n.a.

3.92

3.90

3.84

3.96

n.a.

n.y.a.

P80/P20

ratio

n.a.

2.79

2.77

2.81

n.a.

n.y.a.

P80/P50

ratio

n.a.

1.63

1.66

1.65

n.a.

n.y.a.

P20/P50

ratio

n.a.

0.59

0.60

0.59

n.a.

n.y.a.

Share of weekly equivalised income received by households with:

High incomes

n.a.

39.1

38.6

38.3

39.2

n.a.

n.y.a.

Low incomes

n.a.

10.2

10.4

10.5

10.2

n.a.

n.y.a.

Gini coefficient of weekly equivalised household income

ratio

n.a.

0.320

0.315

0.309

0.322

n.a.

n.y.a.

EXPENDITURE

		Units	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

29	Real household final consumption expenditure per capita(a)	$'000	16.9	17.0	17.2	17.9	18.3	18.6	19.3	20.0	20.5	20.9	21.4

SOURCES OF INCOME

			Units	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002

	Main source of income - of all households
30		Wages and salaries	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	r58.0	r57.1	r56.8	r57.0	n.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.
31		Own business or partnership	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	r6.2	r7.4	6.6	r6.0	n.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.
32		Government pensions and allowances	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	r28.1	r27.7	r28.0	r28.4	n.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.
33		Other	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	r6.6	r6.9	r7.7	r7.6	n.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.
	Income support
34	GDP spent on social assistance benefits in cash to residents(b)		%	8.3	8.6	8.9	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.3	8.4	8.4	9.1	8.6
	Main source of income is government pensions and allowances - proportion of all households in selected life-cycle groups
35		Lone person aged under 35	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	12.7	14.8	15.3	16.1	n.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.
36		Couple only, reference person aged under 35	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	**3.4	**1.8	**3.0	**3.9	n.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.
37		Couple with dependent children only	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	10.8	11.3	10.8	10.9	n.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.
38		One parent with dependent children only	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	64.1	59.9	66.1	59.1	n.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.
39		Couple only, reference person aged 65 and over	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	69.8	70.3	64.2	65.6	n.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.
40		Lone person aged 65 and over	%	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	83.5	79.3	79.5	78.1	n.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.	n.y.a.
	Recipients of selected government payments
41		Labour market program allowance(c)	'000	851.8	913.8	878.3	822.6	846.6	829.9	809.6	745.9	672.3	665.8	n.y.a.
42		Single-parent payment(d)	'000	287.2	298.4	313.4	324.9	342.3	358.9	372.3	r384.9	397.3	424.6	436.6
43		Disability support pension(d)	'000	378.6	406.6	436.2	464.4	499.2	527.5	555.3	r577.8	r602.4	623.9	658.9
44		Age pension	'000	1,446	1,516	1,582	1,579	1,603	1,680	1,683	1,716	1,730	1,786	1,811
45	Age pensioners - of persons of qualifying age		%	61.0	62.8	64.3	63.0	62.7	64.4	65.4	65.5	65.9	r65.8	n.y.a.
46	Females - of all age pensioners		%	69.0	68.2	67.5	65.5	64.4	64.4	63.5	63.1	62.1	61.6	60.8

(a) Chain volume measure, reference year 2000-01.
(b) Adjusted for changes in the Consumer Price Index; values are given in 1997-98 dollars.
(c) Average weekly data for June. Includes people who receive a nil rate of payment.
(d) Includes payments to people living overseas.
Reference periods: Data for income distribution, sources of income (except average weekly total earnings data which are at May) are for the year ending 30 June. Income support data are at June.