The ABS Advantage Index: What It Measures and Where Localities Sit
The ABS Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage ranks areas from the Census. What it measures, how to read its scores, and how each state's residents were spread across it in 2021.
Unemployment by Suburb at the 2021 Census
On Census night 2021, 5.1% of the labour force were unemployed. Suburb by suburb the rate ranged far wider, and 392 localities, home to 1.0 million people, had rates of 10% or more.
Household Income Across Australia’s Suburbs in 2021
The median Australian household earned $1,746 a week at the 2021 Census. Across suburbs the median ran from about $1,000 to $2,400 or more, and where people lived on that range differed sharply by state.
Public Groundwork in the June Quarter 2026: Electricity Down, Water and Sewerage at Records
Public engineering work on roads, water, sewerage and electricity grew 4.3% over the year to June 2026, below its long-run average. Electricity work fell 5.8% while water, sewerage and roads each reached the largest quarter in a series that begins...
South Australia, June Quarter 2026: A Record Dwelling Pipeline and Record Public Investment
South Australia began 15,401 dwellings in the year to June 2026 and had 15,880 under construction, both records since 1984. Public investment rose 17.8% in real terms, the most of the eight jurisdictions; June quarter completions fell, but completions over...
The Socio-Economic Ladder, State by State: Where Australians Lived in 2021
At the 2021 Census, more than half of ACT residents lived in Australia's most advantaged fifth of localities, and a third of Tasmanians in the least advantaged fifth. Each state's residents on the national socio-economic ladder.
