Administrative data snapshot of population

Latest release

An experimental snapshot of Australia’s population using administrative data

Reference period

30 June 2021

Released

15/08/2023

Next release Unknown

First release

Release date and time

15/08/2023 11:30am AEST

Key statistics

The Administrative data snapshot identified 25,744,797 residents of Australia on 30 June 2021.
People aged 25 to 34 were least likely to have lived at the same address five years ago (27.6%).
Three-quarters (76%) of people who earned $250 to $499 per week had their main source of income as Government benefits and allowances.

The Administrative Data Snapshot of Population and Housing (ADS) is a new, experimental release of population and housing data built from administrative data sources.

Like the Census, the ADS provides a snapshot of Australian people and houses at a point in time but has a smaller and different set of person and housing characteristics.

This release provides selected statistics and data tables from the population part of the ADS, referred to as the "population snapshot". There is a similar release for the housing part of the ADS, referred to as the "housing snapshot".

Data included in this release are not official statistics. They provide experimental information about people recorded in administrative data. The ABS would like your feedback on this product and how it could be improved.

Population

National

According to the population snapshot:

There were 25,744,797 residents of Australia on 30 June 2021.
18.1% of the population was aged 0-14 years and 16.7% were 65 years and over.

Population pyramid
Age group (years)	Males ('000)	Females ('000)
0-4	750.7	709.9
5-9	825.9	781.6
10-14	821.9	781
15-19	761.7	722.9
20-24	837.5	789
25-29	935.8	902.8
30-34	951.8	962.6
35-39	943.2	942.8
40-44	847.4	838.5
45-49	838.6	840.5
50-54	812	822.4
55-59	773.3	783.5
60-64	716.3	744
65-69	622.5	658.5
70-74	556.5	589.1
75-79	384.9	419.6
80-84	248.1	296.7
85-89	134.3	188.4
90-94	57.5	102.5
95-99	12.3	31.2
100+	1	4.2

Population pyramid

["Age group (years)","Males ('000)","Females ('000)"]

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States and territories

State and territory counts are very similar overall to official population estimates. This is discussed in more detail in Administrative data snapshot of population, methodology.

State and territory population
	Persons ('000)
NSW	8,154.1
Vic.	6,557.8
Qld	5,270.2
SA	1,795.3
WA	2,705.3
Tas.	562.8
NT	245.8
ACT	450.5

State and territory population

["","Persons ('000)"]

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Movement within Australia

Current and previous location

More than 5 in 6 (84.6%) people lived at the same address one year ago.
Just over half (55.5%) of people lived at the same address five years ago.

People in the same address one to 5 years ago(a)
	Same location (address) (%)	Elsewhere in Australia (%)
One year ago	84.6	15.4
2 years ago	73.5	26.5
3 years ago	66.1	33.9
4 years ago	60.2	39.8
5 years ago	55.5	44.5

People in the same address one to 5 years ago(a)

["","Same location (address)","Elsewhere in Australia"]

[["One year ago","2 years ago","3 years ago","4 years ago","5 years ago"],[[84.6],[73.5],[66.1],[60.2],[55.5]],[[15.4],[26.5],[33.9],[39.8],[44.5]]]

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(a) Excludes persons with current or previous location not determined.

Current and previous location by age

People aged 25 to 44 years were less likely to have stayed in the same location than people in other age groups. Around one-quarter (27.6%) of people aged 25 to 34 years and 2 in 5 (42.2%) people aged 35 to 44 years were at the same address five years ago.
In other age groups more than half of people were at the same address five years ago , including 5 in 6 (83.8%) people aged 85 years and over.

People in the same address 1 to 5 years ago(a), age groups
	One year ago (%)	2 years ago (%)	3 years ago (%)	4 years ago (%)	5 years ago (%)
0-14	84.8	72.4	63.4	56.1	50.4
15-24	78.6	65.9	59.4	54.8	51.1
25-34	70.6	50.8	39.8	32.5	27.6
35-44	82.2	68.2	58.0	49.3	42.2
45-54	88.5	79.5	72.6	66.6	61.3
55-64	91.1	84.2	78.8	74.1	69.9
65-74	93.9	88.8	84.3	80.1	76.2
75-84	95.9	92.3	88.9	85.6	82.3
85+	96.1	92.7	89.5	86.5	83.8

People in the same address 1 to 5 years ago(a), age groups

["","One year ago","2 years ago","3 years ago","4 years ago","5 years ago"]

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(a) Excludes persons with current or previous location not determined.

Income

National

The mean personal income was $1,110 per week . The median was lower, however, at $764 per week. This is due to the larger proportion of people with middle or low income and the small proportion of people with very high income, as shown in the following graph.
There were 284,207 people (1.3%) aged 15 years and over with a weekly income of $5,000 or more.
There were 1,696,694 people (8.1%) aged 15 years and over with Nil income.

Distribution of weekly income(a)
Weekly income	Persons (%)
Negative income	0.5
Nil income	8.1
$1-$99	3.8
$100-$199	3.0
$200-$299	3.4
$300-$399	7.6
$400-$499	11.7
$500-$599	5.1
$600-$699	4.2
$700-$799	4.1
$800-$899	4.1
$900-$999	3.9
$1000-$1099	3.7
$1100-$1199	3.4
$1200-$1299	3.1
$1300-$1399	2.9
$1400-$1499	2.7
$1500-$1599	2.4
$1600-$1699	2.2
$1700-$1799	2.0
$1800-$1899	1.8
$1900-$1999	1.6
$2000-$2099	1.5
$2100-$2199	1.4
$2200-$2299	1.2
$2300-$2399	1.1
$2400-$2499	0.9
$2500-$2599	0.8
$2600-$2699	0.7
$2700-$2799	0.6
$2800-$2899	0.6
$2900-$2999	0.5
$3000-$3099	0.4
$3100-$3199	0.4
$3200-$3299	0.4
$3300-$3399	0.3
$3400-$3499	0.3
$3500-$3599	0.3
$3600-$3699	0.2
$3700-$3799	0.2
$3800-$3899	0.2
$3900-$3999	0.2
$4000-$4099	0.2
$4100-$4199	0.1
$4200-$4299	0.1
$4300-$4399	0.1
$4400-$4499	0.1
$4500-$4599	0.1
$4600-$4699	0.1
$4700-$4799	0.1
$4800-$4899	0.1
$4900-$4999	0.1

Median $764
Mean $1,110

Distribution of weekly income(a)

["Weekly income","Persons"]

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(a) Persons aged 15 years and over. Denominator includes persons with a weekly income of $5,000 or more.

Main source of income

Three-quarters (76%) of people who earned $250-$499 per week had Government benefits and allowances as their main source of income.
More than 7 in 8 (88%) people who earned more than $1,000 per week had Employee wages and salary as their main source of income.

Main source of income(a), weekly income
	Employee wages and salary (%)	Government benefits and allowances (%)	Own unincorporated business income (%)	Superannuation income (%)	Investment income (%)
$1-$249	40.8	32.8	4.0	0.3	22.1
$250-$499	15.9	76.0	3.8	0.3	3.9
$500-$999	59.9	26.3	7.7	1.6	4.5
$1,000-$1,499	86.9	3.5	5.2	1.4	3.1
$1,500-$1,999	91.6	0.4	3.6	0.7	3.6
$2,000-$2,999	91.1	0.0	3.2	0.4	5.3
$3,000-$4,999	82.4	0.0	4.7	0.6	12.3
$5,000 or more	69.6	0.0	11.9	1.1	17.4

Main source of income(a), weekly income

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(a) Includes persons aged 15 years and over. Excludes persons with nil or negative income, or Other main source of income.

Further analysis of income from administrative data is available in New Census insights on income in Australia using administrative data.

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Population

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Movement within Australia

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Current and previous location by age

Income

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Main source of income

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