Quarterly asking median rent per week, houses
Data and figures
Click on the buttons below to view the graphs and tables for each category. You can also search using the search tool below. Click on a chart to view it or to download the data.
Sorry, we couldn't find what you were looking for.
COVID-19
Change in median asking rents, quarter on quarter and year on year to June 2020
Airbnb listings for entire houses, Melbourne, January to October 2020
Airbnb listings for entire houses, Sydney, January to October 2020
New private dwelling approvals, Greater Brisbane
New private dwelling approvals, Greater Melbourne
Filter by COVID-19 category
New private dwelling approvals, Greater Sydney
New private dwelling completions, seasonally adjusted, September 2011 to June 2020
Value of new home loan commitments for investor purchase, seasonally adjusted, November 2010 to September 2020
Value of new home loan commitments in Australia, seasonally adjusted, November 2010 to September 2020
Key pandemic policy innovations relevant to minimising housing market disruption and homelessness in Australia
Changes in employment, hours and wages by percentage from March to June 2020
Size of private rental sector, Australia, 1994-2018
Poverty
Headline charts
Housing costs of lowest 20% compared with middle 20%, among people aged <65 and 65+ (in $2017-18 per week)
Comparison of poverty lines with pension and Newstart payments for singles and couples without children (in $2017-18 per annum)
Poverty Lines by family type
Number of people below the poverty line
Trends in the poverty gap
Trends in the poverty gap as a percentage of poverty line, 1999-00 to 2017-18
Filter by Poverty category
Filter by Headline charts category
Trends in poverty, all people, 1999-00 to 2017-18
Trends in poverty – children, 1999-00 to 2017-18
Trends in household disposable incomes, 1999-00 to 2017-18
Who is affected?
Rate of poverty by gender of household reference person (% of all people)
Profile of poverty by age (% of people in poverty)
Profile of poverty among children
Rate of poverty among children
Rate of poverty by age (% of people)
Social security rate structure
Filter by Who is affected? category
Profile of poverty by gender of household reference person
Rate of poverty by gender (% of men and women)
Profile of poverty by gender
Rate of poverty by family type
Profile of poverty by family type (% of households in poverty)
Rate of poverty by main income source
Profile of poverty by main income source
Rate of poverty by income support payment
Profile of poverty by income support payment
Poverty gaps by income support payment
Rate of poverty by labour force status
Profile of poverty by labour force status
Rate of poverty among adults with disability
Profile of poverty among adults with disability
Rate of poverty by country of birth
Profile of poverty by country of birth
Profile of poverty by housing tenure
Rate of poverty by location
Rate of poverty by state/territory of residence
Comparison of selected income support payments and poverty lines, 2015-16 and 2017-18
Poverty rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, by region, in 2016
Comparison of income support payment rates and poverty lines
Rate of poverty by housing tenure
How has it changed?
Comparison of poverty rates measured before and after housing costs
Trends in housing costs by income support payment
Median equivalised housing costs by family type and age (1999-2015)
Trends in household disposable incomes, 1999-00 to 2017-18
Trends in poverty gaps among people in sole parent income support households
Trends in poverty among sole parents in income support households
Filter by How has it changed? category
Trends in sole parents receiving different payments
Trends in poverty among sole parents
Trends in poverty among unemployed people
Trends in poverty gaps among older people
Trends in poverty among older people
Trends in single pension rate and poverty line
Average poverty gaps among people in income support households
Average poverty gaps among people in income support households by percentage
Trends in poverty rates by income support payment
Trends in poverty rates by family type and age
Trends in income support payments compared with wages
Housing & homelessness
Housing costs of lowest 20% compared with middle 20%, among people aged <65 and 65+ (in $2017-18 per week)
Comparison of poverty rates measured before and after housing costs
How does Australia compare?
Poverty rates in OECD countries
Inequality
Wealth inequality
Headline charts
Average net wealth, by wealth group
Trends in average wealth by wealth group
Shares of national wealth by wealth group
Wealth inequality
Components of wealth
Profile of wealth holdings of wealth groups
Wealth distribution among income groups
Value and profile of household wealth for each income group
Filter by Inequality category
Components of Australia’s wealth
Shares of wealth across wealth groups by asset type
Wealth inequality
Trends
Trends in average wealth by wealth group
Increase in average wealth by wealth group
Change in shares of overall wealth by wealth group
Trends in average household wealth in different assets
Trends in the concentration of wealth in different assets, from 2003-04 to 2017-18
Trends in wealth inequality by asset type
Filter by Trends category
Trends in average wealth
Wealth inequality
Housing & homelessness
Wealth inequality
How does Australia compare?
Household wealth distribution in OECD nations
Income inequality
Headline charts
Share of people with different characteristics in the lowest and highest 20% income groups
Average household incomes for different income groups
Trends in real average household disposable income
Who sits in the lowest 40% and top 20%?
Average weekly disposable income
Shares of national household disposable income
Filter by Headline charts category
Overall trends in income inequality
Trends in average weekly disposable income since 1999-00
Comparison of household disposable incomes
Income inequality
Components of income
Main income source of each income group
Labour force status of household reference person in each income group
Average weekly before-tax investment and other income
Average weekly gross household income from wages
Average weekly before-tax income from income support payments
Average income tax paid by households
Income inequality
Who is affected?
Australia’s population by main source of household income
Australia’s population by age
Income distribution of people in households by age
Income distribution of people in households by gender
Australia’s population by family type
Income distribution of people by family type
Filter by Who is affected? category
Australia’s population by country of birth
Income distribution of people by country of birth
Profile of each income group by family type
Profile of each income group by country of birth
Income distribution of people by State/Territory
Income distribution of people by capital city
Income distribution of people outside capital cities
Australia’s population by labour force status
Income distribution of people in households by labour force status of household reference person
Profile of each income group by labour force status of household reference person
Income distribution of people in households by main income source
Profile of each income group by main source of household income
Population in households where the head receives income support (2016)
Income distribution of people in households by income support status of household head (2016)
Profile of each household income group by income support status
Australia’s population by gender
Profile of each income group by age
Income inequality
Trends
Trends in average weekly after tax income
Annual percentage increase in weekly income, before and after the GFC in 2008
Changes in income shares before and after the GFC in 2008
Trends in reliance on social security
Trends in the single rate of Newstart Allowance, pensions and wages
Reduction in inequality due to the social security and income tax systems
Filter by Trends category
Overall trends in income inequality from 1999 to 2015
Trends in real average household disposable income since 1999-00
Income inequality
Housing & homelessness
Income inequality
How does Australia compare?
Level of income inequality in OECD countries
Health inequality
All
Premature deaths – male and female, by socioeconomic status
