This month: Recent reports on housing affordability and International Women’s Day.
Forthcoming releases
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 |
JSA (a)
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Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, February 2023 |
1 Mar |
| ABS |
Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, December 2022 |
1 Mar |
| ABS |
Monthly Consumer Price Index indicator, January 2023 |
1 Mar |
| ABS |
Assets and Liabilities of Australian Securitisers, December 2022 |
2 Mar |
| ABS |
Modernising ABS agricultural statistics (new release), March 2023 |
2 Mar |
| ABS |
Building Approvals, January 2023 |
2 Mar |
| ABS |
Managed Funds, December 2022 |
2 Mar |
| ABS |
Lending Indicators, January 2023 |
3 Mar |
| ABS |
Modellers' Database, December Quarter 2022 |
3 Mar |
| ABS |
Labour Account, December 2022 |
3 Mar |
| ABS |
Criminal Courts, 2021–22 |
3 Mar |
| ABS |
International Trade in Goods and Services, January 2023 |
7 Mar |
| ABS |
Retail Trade, January 2023 |
7 Mar |
| ANZ |
ANZ Job Advertisement, February 2022 |
7 Mar |
| ABS |
Building Approvals, January 2023 |
9 Mar |
| ABS |
Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia, Week ending 11 February 2023 |
9 Mar |
| ABS |
Industrial Disputes, December 2022 |
9 Mar |
| ABS |
Monthly Business Turnover Indicator, January 2023 |
14 Mar |
| ABS |
Corrective Services, December Quarter 2022 |
14 Mar |
| ABS |
Monthly Household Spending Indicator, January 2023 |
14 Mar |
| ABS |
Total Value of Dwellings, December Quarter 2022 |
14 Mar |
| ABS |
Overseas Arrivals and Departures, January 2023 |
15 Mar |
| ABS |
Tourism Satellite Accounts: Quarterly Tourism Labour Statistics, December 2022 |
15 Mar |
| ABS |
National, State and Territory Population, September 2022 |
16 Mar |
| ABS |
Labour Force, February 2023 |
16 Mar |
| ABS |
Australian National Accounts: Input-Output Tables, 2020–21 |
17 Mar |
| AIHW |
Alcohol-Related Injury: Hospitalisations and Deaths, 2019–220 |
21 Mar |
| ABS |
Australian National Accounts: Finance and Wealth, December 2022 |
23 Mar |
| ABS |
Labour Force (Detailed), February 2023 |
23 Mar |
| NCVER |
Apprentice and Trainee Outcomes, 2022 |
23 Mar |
| ABS |
Retail Trade, February 2023 |
28 Mar |
| ABS |
Engineering Construction Activity, December 2022 |
29 Mar |
| ABS |
Monthly Consumer Price Index Indicator, February 2023 |
29 Mar |
| AIHW |
Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults |
29 Mar |
| ABS |
Job Vacancies, February 2023 |
30 Mar |
| ABS |
Barriers and Incentives to Labour Force Participation, December 2022 |
31 Mar |
| AIHW |
Youth Justice in Australia, 2021–22 |
31 Mar |
(a) Department of Jobs and Skills Australia. Note: Release dates may be subject to change without notice.
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Recent reports on housing affordability
This report identifies the main trends and drivers of housing affordability across Australia. According to the report:
- As at March 2022, the national median dwelling value was an estimated 8.5 times the median annual household income level nationally. This is a record high for the series and has increased from 6.8 since the onset of COVID-19 two years prior.
- The portion of household income required to service new mortgage repayments sat at 41.4% nationally in March 2022, above the decade average of 36.5%. This was the third consecutive increase at the national level, with higher average mortgage rates and property values contributing to the uplift.
- At the national level, the portion of household income required to service rent on a new lease increased to 30.6%, up from 29.8% in December 2021, and 28.5% in the March quarter of 2020.
Additional articles: Is Renting Out of Reach in Regional Australia?, May 2022 (CoreLogic)
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recently released a guide to housing affordability statistics, outlining the main data sources available and when to use each source:
- Survey of Income and Housing (SIH)
- Census of Population and Housing
- The Household Expenditure Survey (HES)
According to the guide:
Housing affordability statistics, namely estimates of the number of households paying more than a given proportion of income on housing costs, can be obtained from a number of ABS data sources. However, due to the comparative advantages of each, some may be more suitable than others. This fact sheet outlines the main data sources available, and when to use each.
The paper ‘provides a comprehensive snapshot of Australia’s rental markets. It covers social housing rentals and how they relate to private rentals in capital city and regional areas, including the distribution of rental changes. It also looks at gross rental yields for all major cities and states and catalogues the top 10 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in major city and regional areas with the highest and lowest rental growth and highest and lowest vacancy rates.’
Additional housing reports:
Anglicare Australia
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Gender Indicators (Canberra, 2022), and the Department of Education, source. Image: National Cancer Institute–Unsplash.com
Interested in finding out what the latest statistics are telling us about the Australian economy and population? Each month the Parliamentary Library publishes a Flag Post article listing new reports on a wide variety of topics. The list includes important upcoming ABS releases and other research organisations and government departments.