Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 7—Income and welfare 253
7.1 ALL INCOME UNITS, Selected Characteristics by Gross Weekly Income Quintile Groups—1997–98
Unit
Lowest
20% Second
quintile
Third
quintile
Fourth
quintile
Highest
20%
All
income
units
Upper boundary of quintile group $ 204 387 613 995 . . —
Mean income $ 124 295 498 784 1 590 658
Median income $ 166 296 499 774 1 367 499
Principal source of income (% of income units)
Weekly employee income % 8.7 25.2 68.5 84.4 88.1 54.9
Weekly own business income % 2.7 4.5 5.6 8.3 8.0 5.8
Weekly government pensions and allowances % 67.4 62.3 16.7 1.4 **0.0 29.6
Weekly income from other sources % 9.8 7.9 9.1 5.8 3.9 7.3
Total(a) % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Income unit type (% of income units)
Couple with dependent children % 2.9 7.2 18.1 33.5 51.6 22.6
Couple without dependent children % 6.9 32.8 21.6 23.5 36.5 24.3
One parent % 2.3 12.9 6.6 5.0 1.4 5.7
Lone person % 87.8 47.1 53.8 38.0 10.5 47.4
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Earners
None % 83.1 64.2 20.1 5.5 2.3 35.1
One % 14.7 33.0 72.1 66.6 26.4 42.5
Two % 2.2 2.8 7.8 27.9 71.3 22.4
Total earners % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Dwelling tenure type (% of income units)
Owners without a mortgage % 31.3 41.5 26.2 25.8 27.9 30.6
Owners with a mortgage % 5.7 8.0 17.3 35.8 51.5 23.6
Renters
State housing authority % 9.4 7.2 3.5 1.4 *0.6 4.5
Private landlord % 16.3 21.2 25.3 21.7 14.4 19.8
Other % 15.0 11.5 15.7 8.1 2.7 10.6
Total renters % 40.8 39.9 44.5 31.1 17.8 34.8
Other % 22.3 10.6 12.0 7.2 2.9 11.0
Total % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Estimated number of income units
Capital city ’000 1 092 1 062 1 163 1 248 1 334 5 899
Rest of State ’000 733 775 652 580 491 3 231
Total ’000 1 825 1 837 1 815 1 828 1 824 9 129
(a) Includes income units with nil or negative income.
Source: Unpublished data, 1997–98 Survey of Income and Housing Costs.
7.2 ALL INCOME UNITS, Mean Gross Weekly Income by Principal Source of Income
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
Mean weekly income
1997–98
$
$
$
$
Principal source of income
Weekly employee income 801 816 844 888
Weekly own business income 850 916 908 956
Weekly government pensions and allowances 231 238 254 256
Weekly income from other sources 420 432 507 546
All income units(a) 596 609 625 658
(a) Includes income units with nil or negative income from all sources.
Source: Income Distribution, Australia (6523.0).