Posted 01/07/2022 by Joanne Simon-Davies
This month: Report on Government Services, size of new homes and insights into working hours.
Releases in July
If you are interested in any of the forthcoming releases or datasets, please contact the Parliamentary Library to discuss in more detail.
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Statistical reports |
Release date |
| BITRE |
Motor Vehicle Census, 2022 |
1 July |
| ABS |
Building Approvals, May 2022 |
4 July |
| ABS |
Lending Indicators, May 2022 |
4 July |
| ABS |
Retail Trade, May 2022 |
5 July |
| ABS |
Canola, Experimental Regional Estimates, 2019–2020 |
6 July |
| ANZ |
ANZ Australian Job Ads, May 2022 |
6 July |
| ABS |
International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2022 |
7 July |
| ABS |
Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia, Week ending 11 June 2022 |
7 July |
| AIHW |
Australia’s Health, 2022 |
7 July |
| ABS |
Monthly Business Turnover Indicator, May 2022 |
8 July |
| ABS |
Innovation in Australian Business, 2020–21 |
8 July |
| ABS |
Monthly Household Spending Indicator, May 2022 |
12 July |
| ABS |
Overseas Arrivals and Departures, May 2022 |
12 July |
| ABS |
Building Activity, March 2022 |
13 July |
| AIHW |
Diabetes: Australian Facts |
13 July |
| ABS |
Labour Force, June 2022 |
14 July |
| AIHW |
Australia’s Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Drugs by Region |
15 July |
| NCVER |
VET in Schools, 2021 |
20 July |
| ABS |
Labour Force, Detailed, June 2022 |
21 July |
| ABS |
National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing, 2020–2021 |
22 July |
| AIHW |
Australia’s Mothers and Babies, 2020 |
22 July |
| ABS |
Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced, 2020–2021 |
26 July |
| ABS |
Regional population, 2021 |
26 July |
| ABS |
Water Use on Australian Farms, 2020–21 |
26 July |
| ABS |
Agricultural Commodities, 2020–21 |
26 July |
| NCVER |
Apprentices and Trainees, December Quarter 2021 |
26 July |
| ABS |
Consumer Price Index, June 2022 |
27 July |
| AIHW |
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs in Australia |
27 July |
| ABS |
International Trade Price Indexes, June 2022 |
28 July |
| ABS |
Retail Trade, June 2022 |
28 July |
| ABS |
Recorded Crime – Victims, 2021 |
28 July |
| AIHW |
Younger Onset Dementia |
28 July |
| ABS |
Housing Mobility and Conditions, 2019–20 |
29 July |
| ABS |
Provisional Mortality Statistics, January–April 2022 |
29 July |
| ABS |
Producer Price Indexes, June 2022 |
29 July |
Please contact the Parliamentary Library if you would like to see further information on any of these releases. Note: Release dates may be subject to change without notice.
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New reports
The Report on Government Services (RoGS) provides information on the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of government services in Australia. It focuses on social services which aim to enhance the wellbeing of people and communities by improving ‘largely intangible’ outcomes (such as health, education, and community safety). The Report also contains performance information on childcare, education and training, health, justice, emergency management, community services, social housing and homelessness across 17 service areas.
The mid-year release provides new data for a sub-set of indicators in the following sections:
According to the ABS:
- Australians are building houses on smaller blocks: the average site area of new house approvals decreased considerably over the last 10 calendar years, falling by 64 square metres (‑13%), whilst the average floor area decreased by only 3 square metres (-1%).
- Across the 5 largest states, average site areas for house approvals trended downwards in all capital cities over the past 10 years, resulting in increased housing density across the capitals. Greater Brisbane decreased the most, falling by 112 square metres (-20%), from 571 square metres in 2012 to 459 square metres in 2021. Greater Adelaide decreased the least (‑6%), by 30 square metres, from 498 square metres to 468 square metres over 10 years.
- The combined trends of smaller site areas and largely unchanged floor areas of house approvals shows that Australians are building similar sized houses with smaller yards. The ratio of floor-to-site area increased between 2012 to 2021 from 0.49 to 0.56, resulting in greater densification. This is due to a combination of factors, including increases in land cost, a greater proportion of new houses being constructed in urban infill locations, and more two-storey houses that maximise living space on smaller lots.
According to the ABS, there has been an increase in the number of people working fewer hours due to continued disruption from the Omicron variant and influenza between April and May 2022. In May, 780,500 people worked fewer hours due to illness, this was the highest level recorded during the pandemic.
Other reports of interest:
Interested in finding out what the latest statistics are telling us about the Australian economy and population?
Each month the Parliamentary Library will publish a Flag Post listing new reports on a wide variety of topics. The list will include important upcoming releases from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) as well as other research organisations and government departments.