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11 February 2025
Index of Household Advantage and Disadvantage
According to IHAD 2021:
six of the top ten Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2)s with the highest proportion of relatively disadvantaged households (quartile 1) are in Queensland; the other four are in the Northern Territory
at the State and Territory level, the Northern Territory has the highest proportion of people living in relatively disadvantaged households (30.3%), excluding other territories (32.2%). The Australian Capital Territory has the lowest proportion (9.8%)
of the top ten SA2s with the highest proportion of relatively advantaged households (quartile 4), six are in New South Wales, three are in the Australian Capital Territory, and one is in Queensland
at the State and Territory level, the Australian Capital Territory has the highest proportion of people living in relatively advantaged households (48.2%). Tasmania has the lowest proportion (23.4%), excluding other territories (16.1%)
both lists of top ten SA2s are also relatively disadvantaged (quartile 1) or relatively advantaged (quartile 4) for the Socio-economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD) 2021, demonstrating how IHAD can reveal the diversity of area level disadvantage and advantage for households
Reference period
2021
Release date and time
29 August 2023
Administrative data snapshot of housing
About 94% of houses across Australia were recorded in government administrative data sources during the last 5 years.
At the time of the snapshot, 89% of these were in use as a primary residence, 9.7% were in use but not as a primary residence and 1.3% showed no sign of recent use. About 1.3% of houses with electricity data also showed no sign of recent use.
Average daily electricity use was lower for dwellings where the main source of income was age pension compared with disability support pension or wages/salary.
Reference period
30 June 2021
Release date and time
27 April 2023
Estimating Homelessness: Census
122,494 people were estimated to be experiencing homelessness on Census night in 2021.
Males made up 55.9% of people experiencing homelessness; females made up 44.1%.
23.0% of all people experiencing homelessness were aged from 12 to 24 years.
Reference period
2021
Release date and time
29 July 2022
Housing Mobility and Conditions
In 2019–20:
More than 40% of Australian households reported moving within the last five years.
11% of households reported major structural problems in their current dwelling.
86% of home-owners and 76% of renters were satisfied with their current dwelling.
Solar power use increased from 5% in 2007–08 to 22%.
Reference period
2019-20 financial year
Release date and time
28 June 2022
Housing: Census
There were 10,852,208 private dwellings counted in the 2021 Census.
70 per cent were separate houses, 13 per cent were townhouses and 16 per cent were apartments.
There were 1,043,776 unoccupied dwellings on Census Night.
Reference period
2021
Release date and time
25 May 2022
Housing Occupancy and Costs
In 2019–20
66% of Australian households owned their own home with or without a mortgage.
31% of households rented their home.
Average weekly housing costs were: $493 for owners with a mortgage; $54 for owners without a mortgage; and $379 for renters.
Reference period
2019-20 financial year
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