Notes on the data: Housing, rent assistance and vehicle access

Low income households as a proportion of all households, 2021

Policy context: The previous indicators show the proportion of all low income households who are under financial stress as a result of mortgage or rental payments.

This indicator shows the proportion of all households which are low income households.

Notes:

Income is equivalised; equivalised household income per week can be viewed as an indicator of the economic resources available to a standardised household. For a lone person household it is equal to household income. For a household comprising more than one person, it is an indicator of the household income that would be needed by a lone person household to enjoy the same level of economic wellbeing.

Income varies by State/ Territory: NSW, $902; Vic, $901; Qld, $877; SA, $755; WA, $910; Tas, $736; NT, $1,101; ACT, $1,347.

Note:

For caveats regarding these data, please refer to Income data in the Census available here

Geography: Data available by Population Health Area, Local Government Area, Primary Health Network, Quintile of socioeconomic disadvantage of area and Quintiles within PHNs, and Remoteness Area

Numerator: Households in the bottom 40% of income distribution (those with less than 80% of median equivalised income)

Denominator: All households in private dwellings

Detail of analysis: Per cent

Source: Compiled by PHIDU based on the ABS Census of Population and Housing, August 2021 (unpublished data).