Posted 22/08/2023 by Joanne Simon-Davies
This month focuses on the following topics: social housing, affordable housing and recent overseas arrivals.
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 |
| ABS |
Lending
Indicators, July 2023 |
1 Sept |
| ABS |
Retail
Trade, July 2023 |
1 Sept |
| ABS |
Mineral
and Petroleum Exploration, June 2023 |
4 Sept |
| ABS |
Business
Indicators, June 2023 |
4 Sept |
| ABS |
Monthly
Household Spending Indicator, July 2023 |
4 Sept |
| ABS |
Balance
of Payments and International Investment Position,
June 2023 |
5 Sept |
| ABS |
Government
Finance Statistics, June 2023 |
5 Sept |
| ABS |
Australian
National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product,
June 2023 |
6 Sept |
| JSA (a) |
Nowcast of
Employment by Region and Occupation, August
2023 |
6 Sept |
| ABS |
Managed
Funds,
March 2023 |
7 Sept |
| ABS |
Building
Approvals, July 2023 |
7 Sept |
| ABS |
Assets
and Liabilities of Australian Securitisers, March 2023 |
7 Sept |
| ABS |
Weekly
Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia, August 2023 |
7 Sept |
| ABS |
International
Trade in Goods and Services, July 2023 |
7 Sept |
| AIHW |
Economics
of Sport and Physical Activity Participation and Injury |
7 Sept |
| AIHW |
Suicide and
Self-Harm: Update (Suicide Registers and Veterans' Data) |
7 Sept |
| ABS |
Monthly
Business Turnover Indicator, July 2023 |
8 Sept |
| ABS |
Labour
Account, June 2023 |
8 Sept |
| ABS |
Multiple
Job-Holders, June 2023 |
8 Sept |
| ABS |
Modellers'
Database, June Quarter 2023 |
8 Sept |
| AIHW |
Burden of
Avoidable Deaths Among First Nation Peoples, 2018 |
8 Sept |
| ABS |
Total
Value of Dwellings, June Quarter 2023 |
12 Sept |
| ABS |
Overseas
Arrivals and Departures, July 2023 |
12 Sept |
| AIHW |
Child
Protection Australia: Safety of Children in Care, 2021-22 |
12 Sept |
| ABS |
Labour
Force, August 2023 |
14 Sept |
| ABS |
Industrial
Disputes, June 2023 |
14 Sept |
| ABS |
National,
State and Territory Population, March 2023 |
14 Sept |
| AIHW |
Endometriosis |
14 Sept |
| AIHW |
Dementia
in Australia |
15 Sept |
| ABS |
Labour-Hire
Workers, June 2022 |
15 Sept |
| ABS |
Tourism
Satellite Accounts: Quarterly Tourism Labour Statistics, Australia,
Experimental Estimates, June 2023 |
15 Sept |
| ABS |
Labour
Force, Australia, Detailed, June 2023 |
21 Sept |
| ABS |
Corrective
Services, June Quarter 2023 |
21 Sept |
| ABS |
Estimates
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, June 2021 |
21 Sept |
| ABS |
Deaths,
2021 |
27 Sept |
| ABS |
Engineering
Construction Activity, March 2023 |
27 Sept |
| ABS |
Causes
of Death, 2021 |
27 Sept |
| ABS |
Monthly
Consumer Price Index Indicator, August 2023 |
27 Sept |
| ABS |
Regional
Population by Age and Sex, 2021 |
28 Sept |
| ABS |
Australian
National Accounts: Finance and Wealth, June 2023 |
28 Sept |
| ABS |
Retail
Trade, August 2023 |
28 Sept |
| ABS |
Job
Vacancies, August 2023 |
28 Sept |
(a) Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) Note: Release dates may be subject to change without notice.
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Recent reports
This report summarises social housing in Australia and covers the number, location, and occupancy of dwellings; households; waiting lists; and entries, exits and transfers. In summary:
- At June 2022, there were around 442,700 social housing dwellings, in 4 main housing programs:
- 67.0% or 297,600 dwellings were public housing
- 25.0% or 112,800 dwellings were community housing
- 4.1% or 18,000 dwellings were Indigenous community housing
- 3.2% or 14,300 dwellings were state owned and managed Indigenous housing.
- The proportion of social housing households fell from 4.6% in 2014 to 4.1% in 2022.
Key characteristics of households in the three main social housing programs (excluding Indigenous community housing):
- Over 6 in 10 (62%) of main tenants were female
- 65% or 263,000 households of all main tenants were aged over 50 years
- Around 1 in 6 (16% or 62,900) households included an Indigenous Australian
- More than one third (36% or 145,300) included a person with a disability
- Most households consisted of a single adult (58% or 231,100).
The first phase of the social and affordable housing project draws on the recently released 2021 ABS Census of Population and Housing data to identify households in rental stress or facing homelessness. The second phase unpacks the costs of delivering the housing needed in these markets, and the subsidy needed to make such housing feasible.
According to the national snapshot:
- Over half a million low-income households were not in appropriate housing on census night (around 1 in 15 households). These Australians were either experiencing homelessness, in overcrowded homes or spending over 30% of their income on rent.
- Across most parts of Australia, the proportion of all households with unmet need is between 5% and 8%. Sydney, Brisbane and regional Queensland have comparatively high rates of unmet need while Perth, Adelaide and the ACT have comparatively lower rates.
The latest overseas arrivals and departures data for June 2023 has been released. Notably, these statistics are based on the number of international border crossings rather than the number of people.
Short-term visitor arrivals to Australia, 2022–23:
- There were 5,856,440 visitor arrivals, nearly 5 times the previous year.
- The most popular reasons for travel were 'visiting friends/relatives' (41%), ‘holidays’ (36%) and ‘business’ (7%).
- The top 5 source countries were New Zealand (1,082,420 visits), the UK (573,560 visits), the USA (557,290), India (383,380) and Singapore (357,430). Ten years ago, in 2012–13, the top five source countries were New Zealand, China, the UK, the USA and Japan.
- The median stay duration was 14 days, an increase from 10 days in 2018–19 (pre-pandemic). Visitors from China recorded a median stay duration of 90 days—the longest of the top 10 countries. This was down from 156 days the year before.
- The median visitor age was 42 years, compared to 39 in 2012–13.
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 reports from other research organisations and government departments.