People and communities

• In June 2021, people in Victoria (34%) were more likely than the rest of Australia (23%) to report it will take more than a year for life to return to normal.
• Of the Australians who had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, 90% reported that it was very or moderately easy to get one.

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

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

• 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. 

• In 2019, 113,815 marriages were registered and 49,116 divorces were granted in Australia.

• There were 5,507 same-sex marriages in 2019, accounting for 4.8% of all marriages.

• Provisional data released for January to June 2020 shows a 31.9% decrease in marriages. See 'article' for more information.

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

A series of articles about major issues relating to migrants, ethnicity and migration through the analysis and presentation of migrant data

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