This month focuses on the following topics: population statistics, deaths in custody and the Australian economy.
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
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Release
date
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JSA (a)
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Nowcast of
Employment by Region and Occupation, June 2023
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5 July
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ANZ
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ANZ Job
Advertisement,
June 2023
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3 July
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ABS
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Lending
Indicators, May 2023
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3 July
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ABS
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Building
Approvals, May 2023
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3 July
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AIHW
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COVID-19
linked data set: Linkage results (new)
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5 July
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ABS
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Retail
Trade, May 2023
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5 July
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ABS
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International
Trade in Goods and Services, May 2023
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6 July
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AIHW
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Housing
Affordability Update
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7 July
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AIHW
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Housing
Assistance in Australia, 2023
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7 July
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ABS
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Barriers
and Incentives to Labour Force Participation, 2020–21
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7 July
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ABS
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Methodological
News, June 2023
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7 July
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ABS
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Microdata:
Barriers and Incentives to Labour Force Participation, March 2023
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7 July
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ABS
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Building
Approvals, May 2023
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10 July
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ABS
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Monthly
Business Turnover Indicator, May 2023
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10 July
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AIHW
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Deaths
in Australia Update (incl. GRIM books, MORT books)
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11 July
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AIHW
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How Long can
Australians Live? (new)
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11 July
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ABS
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Monthly
Household Spending Indicator, May 2023
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11 July
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ABS
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Overseas
Arrivals and Departures, May 2023
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12 July
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ABS
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Building
Activity, March 2023
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12 July
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ABS
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Weekly
Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia, Jun 2023
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13 July
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ABS
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Labour
Force, June 2023
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20 July
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ABS
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Australian
Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3, 2021–26
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25 July
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ABS
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Consumer
Price Index, June Quarter 2023
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26 July
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ABS
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Monthly
Consumer Price Index Indicator, June 2023
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26 July
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ABS
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International
Trade Price Indexes, June 2023
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27 July
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ABS
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Labour
Force (Detailed), June 2023
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27 July
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ABS
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Producer
Price Indexes, June 2023
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28 July
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ABS
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Retail
Trade, June 2023
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28 July
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ABS
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Microdata:
Longitudinal Labour Force, 1982–2023
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28 July
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(a) Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA). Note: Release dates may be subject to change without notice.
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Recent reports
The ABS released the latest population statistics on 15 June, reflecting the estimated residential population as at 31 December 2022. In summary:
- Australia’s population was 26,268,359—an increase of 496,756 people (1.9%) from the previous year.
- All states and territories had positive population growth over the 2022 calendar year. Western Australia had the fastest growth rate (2.3%) and Tasmania had the slowest rate (0.5%).
Population growth is comprised of natural increase (births minus deaths) and net overseas migration (migration arrivals minus migration departures).
- There were 619,600 overseas migration arrivals and 232,600 departures, resulting in a net migration increase of 387,000 people.
- Natural increase was 109,800 people, 23.4% less than the previous year. There were 300,700 births (4.6% decrease) and 190,900 deaths (11.1% increase) registered during this time, with COVID-19 mortality reported as the main contributor.
Additional report: 2023-24 Budget National, State and Territory Population Projections (Centre for Population)
The National Deaths in Custody Program (NDICP) has monitored the extent and nature of deaths occurring in prison, police custody and youth detention since 1980. The Australian Institute of Criminology established the NDICP in 1992 in response to recommendation 41 by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Deaths in custody are now recorded in real-time and presented in a dashboard, structured monthly and quarterly.
The 12 ‘things that happened’ listed by the ABS include:
- Even with reduced discretionary spending, households only saved 3.7% of their income during the March quarter 2023. This was the lowest proportion of household income being saved since June quarter 2008. Interest paid on mortgages grew 11.5% during the quarter. The amount of money spent servicing mortgages more than doubled in the past year.
- Fewer new houses were built, with construction of new dwellings falling 1.3%. Bottlenecks in labour and materials supplies began to ease, though remained tight. The average time taken to build a house rose to about 9 months, up from about 6 months before the pandemic.
Additional reports
- This article discusses key differences in how Australia and selected countries, namely New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, as well as the European Union, measure CPI inflation. A focus of the article is whether owner-occupied housing costs are included in the CPI measure and justifications behind these differences.
- In this paper the authors examine the impact of children on the gender earnings gap in Australia. The authors also identify the motherhood penalty in Australia up to a decade following the arrival of the first child, and compare this to international estimates. The report focuses on labour market outcomes rather than measures of life satisfaction, health and wellbeing.
Report: Agricultural outlook (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry)
- The Agricultural Commodities Report forecasts the value, volume and price of Australia's agricultural production and exports. Underpinning these forecasts is the ABARES outlook for global commodity prices, demand and supply.
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.