People and communities

• Of those testing for COVID-19, 96% used a Rapid Antigen Test (up from 90% in March 2022).
• 78% of Australians wore a face mask in the last week (down from 98% in February 2022).
• 1% of Australians reported they did not expect to be able to pay one or more bills in the next three months (down from 3% in June 2020).

Analysis and presentation of data to inform on issues relating to migrants, cultural diversity and migration

This release provides users with links to available summary data on migrants from a wide range of ABS surveys and outputs

• In 2020, 78,989 marriages were registered in Australia, a 30.6% decrease from 2019.
• 30.6% is the largest annual marriages decrease ever reported by the ABS.
• 10 October was the most common wedding day with 2,191 marriages.
• The divorce rate remained at 1.9 divorces per 1,000 people in 2020.

Provides data on the social characteristics, wellbeing and social experiences of people in Australia

• Women’s full time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings were 86% of that of men.
• Recorded crimes data showed women were five times more likely to be victims of sexual assault than men.
• For the first time, there was equal representation between men and women parliamentarians in the Senate. 

Data about migrants arriving in the last 10 years including employment outcomes relating to visa type, birth country, education and language skills

• Migrant taxpayers generated $112 billion in total personal income.
• About 91% of total income was employee income ($102 billion).
• Over half (61%) of migrant taxpayers held a skilled visa.
• Skilled migrants generated 72% of the total income earned by migrants.

• Persons aged 15 and over had a cultural participation rate of 31.4%.
• 90.3% of children aged 5 to 14 participated in screen based activities.
• 78.5% of children aged 5 to 14 participated in reading for pleasure.

• 82.4% of those aged 15 and over went to at least one cultural venue or event;
• while 66.8% went to a cinema or drive-in at least once.
• 94.3% of children aged 5-14 attended at least one cultural venue or event;
• while 87.7% went to a cinema or drive-in at least once.

• On Census Night 2016, there were 1,635,503 temporary entrants.
• Of the 1.5 million temporary residents, over half were male (53%).
• 81% of temporary residents lived in capital cities.
• 68% of temporary residents aged 15 and over were in the labour force.

Social and economic characteristics of permanent migrants using Census data for people that migrated to Australia under different entry conditions

The 2014 GSS user guide provides detailed information about the survey content, methodology, data processing, data quality and dissemination

Families, household and family characteristics, relationship history and expectations, fertility expectations, family formation and dissolution data

The National Centre for Culture and Recreation Statistics (NCCRS), through the 'Perspectives on Sport' series, provides insights on a range of topics

Participation of children aged 5-14 years in cultural, sporting and other leisure activities plus children’s internet and mobile phones use

Examines the nature of the differences in volunteering rates from the 2006 Census of Population and Housing and the 2006 General Social Survey (GSS)

Presents selected results from the 2006 Time Use Survey collected from people aged 15 years and over