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Australia in Education: Who Was Studying at the 2021 Census, from Preschool to University

At the 2021 Census 6.22 million people in Australia were attending an educational institution, 24.5% of the population. Among people aged 20 to 24 the share studying was 40.4%, and it ran from 23.6% in localities of 201 to 999...

Wednesday October 14, 2026

Households on Less Than $650 a Week: Where Low Incomes Are Concentrated, by State and Suburb

APN Acute Vulnerability Index™

Households on Less Than $650 a Week: Where Low Incomes Are Concentrated, by State and Suburb

At the 2021 Census 1.43 million Australian households had an income under $650 a week, 15.7% of households, leaving out those in which no one stated an income. The share was 39.5% among lone-person and group households and 5.9% among...

Wednesday October 14, 2026

Where Australians Were Born, Suburb by Suburb: Country of Birth at the 2021 Census

Demographic Tension Index

Where Australians Were Born, Suburb by Suburb: Country of Birth at the 2021 Census

At the 2021 Census 7.0 million people living in Australia were born overseas, 29.3% of those who stated a birthplace. The share ran from 16.3% in Tasmania to 34.2% in Western Australia, and among larger suburbs from 4.7% to 85.8%.

Wednesday October 14, 2026

Staying Put: Who Lived at the Same Address Five Years On, by State and Suburb

Housing Security & Churn

Staying Put: Who Lived at the Same Address Five Years On, by State and Suburb

At the 2021 Census 12.7 million Australians were at the same address as five years earlier, 56.6% of those who answered. South Australia was the most settled state at 61.0%; among larger suburbs the share ran from 3.2% in a...

Tuesday October 13, 2026

Who Volunteers, and Where: Voluntary Work by State, Age and Locality at the 2021 Census

Bonding Capital (Civic Engagement)

Who Volunteers, and Where: Voluntary Work by State, Age and Locality at the 2021 Census

At the 2021 Census 2,933,646 Australians had volunteered in the previous year: 14.1% of people aged 15 and over, or 15.1% of those who answered the question. Among those who answered, the rate was 20.0% in localities with 201 to...

Tuesday October 13, 2026

Fiscal Stress & Debt

Mortgage Repayments Against Income, Suburb by Suburb, 2021

At the 2021 Census the median mortgage repayment equalled about 24.6% of median household income. Suburb by suburb the ratio was highest in New South Wales and lowest in the ACT, measured when the cash rate was 0.10%.

Thursday October 8, 2026

Tenure Stability & Housing

Where Most Households Own, and Where They Do Not: Home Ownership by Suburb, 2021

Two-thirds of households owned their home at the 2021 Census, but in 660 localities fewer than half did, and 3.0 million people lived in them. Home ownership suburb by suburb, state by state.

Thursday October 8, 2026

Socio-Economic Advantage

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.

Thursday October 8, 2026

Labour Resilience & Jobs

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.

Thursday October 8, 2026

Income Velocity & Wealth

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.

Thursday October 8, 2026

APN Bedrock™

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.

Wednesday October 7, 2026

Advantage, Safety and Services: Which Neighbourhood Conditions Go Together

APN Social Capital Index™

Advantage, Safety and Services: Which Neighbourhood Conditions Go Together

Across 6,782 Australian localities, socio-economic position goes with safety and education but not with local amenity or resilience to natural hazards. What the five pillars of the APN Social Capital Index show when set side by side.

Wednesday October 7, 2026

APN Social Capital Index™

Two-Thirds of Assault Victims Know Their Attacker

Australia recorded 228,544 assault victims in 2025 — more than twenty times the combined number of homicide and robbery victims put together. Assault is, by a wide margin, the largest category of violent crime in the country, and it barely...

Thursday September 3, 2026

APN Social Capital Index™

Adelaide’s Split Personality: The Highest Education Score, the Lowest Hazard Score

Adelaide's CBD posts the highest APN Meridian™ score of any capital (78.8) and the lowest APN Substrate™ score (35.3) — in the same suburb. Both are genuine: near-ceiling education infrastructure sits alongside documented flood and seismic exposure along the River...

Friday July 31, 2026

APN Social Capital Index™

Canberra’s Bedrock Outlier: Why a Renter-Heavy CBD Still Comes Out on Top

Canberra's CBD is the only one of seven capitals where APN Bedrock™ doesn't drop sharply — 56.5, more than double Melbourne's and well clear of Sydney's. But it's not a broad strength: two components (income, socio-economic advantage) carry the whole...

Friday July 31, 2026

CBD vs Metro: How Far the Signature Actually Travels

APN Social Capital Index™

CBD vs Metro: How Far the Signature Actually Travels

Every capital's Sentinel score jumps once you leave the CBD — Sydney nearly triples, from 15.6 to 47.3. Meridian and Agora fall the same way in reverse. Perth is the only capital where the CBD actually outscores its own metro...

Friday July 31, 2026

The CBD Signature: What Seven Capital Cities Have in Common

APN Social Capital Index™

The CBD Signature: What Seven Capital Cities Have in Common

Every Australian capital city CBD scores below 29/100 on APN Sentinel™ (safety and sentiment) — and every single one scores above 60 on APN Meridian™ (education and human capital). A structural pattern confirmed independently across seven capitals, built entirely from...

Friday July 31, 2026

Category: APN Social Capital Index™

Australia in Education: Who Was Studying at the 2021 Census, from Preschool to University

Households on Less Than $650 a Week: Where Low Incomes Are Concentrated, by State and Suburb

Where Australians Were Born, Suburb by Suburb: Country of Birth at the 2021 Census

Staying Put: Who Lived at the Same Address Five Years On, by State and Suburb

Who Volunteers, and Where: Voluntary Work by State, Age and Locality at the 2021 Census

Mortgage Repayments Against Income, Suburb by Suburb, 2021

Where Most Households Own, and Where They Do Not: Home Ownership by Suburb, 2021

The ABS Advantage Index: What It Measures and Where Localities Sit

Unemployment by Suburb at the 2021 Census

Household Income Across Australia’s Suburbs in 2021

The Socio-Economic Ladder, State by State: Where Australians Lived in 2021

Australia in Education: Who Was Studying at the 2021 Census, from Preschool to University

Households on Less Than $650 a Week: Where Low Incomes Are Concentrated, by State and Suburb

Where Australians Were Born, Suburb by Suburb: Country of Birth at the 2021 Census

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