What's New in Statistics . . . March 2024

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Posted 28/02/2024 by Joanne Simon-Davies

In this month’s release: Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey and latest schools data

Forthcoming releases

If you are interested in any of the forthcoming releases or datasets, please contact the Parliamentary Library to discuss in more detail.

	Statistical reports	Release date
ABS	Building Approvals, January 2024	4 Mar
ABS	Australian System of National Accounts: Concepts, Sources and Methods, 2020–21	4 Mar
ABS	Mineral and Petroleum Exploration, December 2023	4 Mar
ABS	Business Indicators, December 2023	4 Mar
ABS	Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, December 2023	5 Mar
ABS	Government Finance Statistics, December 2023	5 Mar
NCVER	Government-funded students and courses: January to September 2023	5 Mar
ABS	Retail Trade, January 2024	6 Mar
ABS	Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, December 2023	6 Mar
JSA	Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, February 2024	6 Mar
AIHW	Ex-serving ADF Members’ Income and Sources of Income	6 Mar
ABS	Managed Funds, December 2023	7 Mar
ABS	Monthly Household Spending Indicator, January 2024	7 Mar
ABS	Lending Indicators, January 2024	7 Mar
ABS	Assets and Liabilities of Australian Securitisers, December 2023	7 Mar
ABS	International Trade in Goods, January 2024	7 Mar
ABS	Modellers' Database, December quarter 2023	8 Mar
ABS	Multiple Job-Holders, December 2023	8 Mar
ABS	Labour Account, December 2023	8 Mar
ABS	Microdata: Jobs and Income of Employed Persons	8 Mar
ABS	Microdata: Characteristics of Employment, August 2023	8 Mar
ABS	Total Value of Dwellings, December Quarter 2023	12 Mar
ABS	Building Approvals, January 2024	12 Mar
ABS	Monthly Business Turnover Indicator, January 2024	13 Mar
AIHW	Contact with Animals (New)	13 Mar
ABS	Industrial Disputes, December 2023	14 Mar
ABS	Weekly Payroll Jobs, February 2024	14 Mar
ABS	Overseas Arrivals and Departures, January 2024	14 Mar
ABS	Corrective Services, December Quarter 2023	14 Mar
ABS	Tourism Satellite Accounts: Quarterly Tourism Labour Statistics, Experimental Estimates, December 2023	15 Mar
ABS	Criminal Courts, 2022–23	15 Mar
AIHW	Specialist Homelessness Services and Income Support Among Young People (New)	15 Mar
ABS	Personal Fraud, 2022–23	20 Mar
ABS	Crime Victimisation, 2022–23	20 Mar
NCVER	Apprentice and Trainee Outcomes, 2023	21 Mar
ABS	Labour Force, February 2024	21 Mar
ABS	National, State and Territory Population, September 2023	21 Mar
ABS	Regional Population, 2022–23	26 Mar
ABS	Engineering Construction Activity, December 2023	27 Mar
ABS	Australian National Accounts: Input-Output Tables, 2021–22	27 Mar
ABS	Monthly Consumer Price Index Indicator, February 2024	27 Mar
ABS	Qualifications and Work, 2022–23	27 Mar
ABS	Australian Defence Industry Account, Experimental Estimates, 2022–23	27 Mar
ABS	Australian National Accounts: Finance and Wealth, December 2023	28 Mar
ABS	Labour Force (Detailed), February 2024	28 Mar
ABS	Retail Trade, February 2024	28 Mar
ABS	Job Vacancies, February 2024	28 Mar
AIHW	Dementia in Australia (update)	28 Mar
AIHW	Spinal Injuries in Australia, 2020–21	28 Mar
AIHW	Suicide & Self-Harm Monitoring Update: Welfare Payments	28 Mar

(a) Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA), National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)

Note: Release dates may be subject to change without notice.

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Recent reports

Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey: Selected Findings from Waves 1 to 21 (Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, University of Melbourne)

HILDA commenced in 2001 as a nationally representative longitudinal study of Australian households. It collects information annually on a wide range of topics, including household and family relationships, childcare, employment, education, income, expenditure, health and wellbeing, personal attitudes and values, and life events and experiences.

Articles of interest from HILDA:

In 2001, around 18.5% of young people aged 15 to 24 were classified as lonely. Two decades later in 2021, this figure had risen to 24.8%. (Australia’s young people are getting lonelier)
In 2021, 28.9% of women and 22.7% of men were identified as being in psychological distress. Psychological distress has risen across all age groups; however, it was most significant in the 15 to 24 age group where 42.3% of younger Australians experienced psychological distress in 2021, up from 18.4% in 2011. (The 'perfect storm' causing Australians psychological distress)
The HILDA Survey found changes to income tax rates and tax thresholds over the past 21 years have not had an equal impact on all people. The majority of Australians, those earning income that puts them in the top 70% of earners have been negatively impacted by bracket creep. Those in the top 10% of incomes have received significantly greater tax relief than Australians with smaller pay packets. (Over the last 21 years, the highest earners received the most tax relief)
E-cigarettes and vapes are most popular with 15 to 24-year-olds, closely followed by people in their late 20s. 14.1% of Australians over the age of 15 have tried e-cigarettes or vaping. (Vaping is a 'young person phenomenon' in Australia)
Just over half of males (54%) and 47% of females aged 18 to 29 are still living under the same roof as their parents. (More Australian adult children are living with their parents longer)

Schools, 2023 (Australian Bureau of Statistics)

In 2023, total school enrolments reached a record high of 4,086,998 across 9,629 schools. This is 44,486 (1.1%) more enrolments than the previous year.
The number of full-fee paying overseas students contributed to the higher growth rate, increasing by 21,124 (36.6%) students from 2022.
Between 2019–2022 full-fee paying overseas student enrolments dropped 41.9%, primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Independent schools recorded the highest enrolment growth rate for the seventh consecutive year at 3.9%. This was followed by Catholic schools, up 1.4%, and government schools, up 0.3%.

Interested in finding out what the latest statistics are telling us about the Australian economy and population? Each month the Parliamentary Library publishes a Flagpost article listing new reports on a wide variety of topics. The list includes important upcoming ABS releases and reports from other research organisations and government departments.

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