1383.0.55.001 - Measures of Australia's Progress: Summary Indicators, 2007 (Edition 1)  
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PROGRESS IN AUSTRALIA THE HEADLINE DIMENSIONS


THE HEADLINE DIMENSIONS

The following summaries on the 14 headline dimensions are grouped into four broad areas of progress:

  • Individuals
  • The economy and economic resources
  • The environment
  • Living together.

The table below shows the grouping of the dimensions under each of these areas, and provides points of interest from the following summaries for each dimension.

IndividualsThe economy and
economic resources
The environmentLiving together
Health
1995 - 2005, Life expectancy increases for men and women.

Education and training
1996 - 2006, More Australians obtain a non-school qualification.

Work
1996 - 2006, The unemployment rate decreases.
National income
1995-96 - 2005-06, Australia experiences significant real income growth.

Economic hardship
1994-95 - 2003-04, The real income of low income Australians increases.

National wealth
1996 - 2006, Australia’s real net worth per capita rises.

Housing
2003-04, Most Australians are not experiencing overcrowding.

Productivity
1995-96 - 2005-06, Australia experiences productivity improvement.
The natural landscape
1996 - 2006, The number of threatened birds and mammals rises.

1994 - 2004, The rate of land clearing declines.

The air and atmosphere
1997 - 2005, Air quality is generally good, even though bushfires have obscured this trend.

1990 - 2004, Greenhouse gas emissions have risen.

Oceans and estuaries
1996 - 2005, The number of fish species classified as overfished increases for Commonwealth fisheries.
Family, community and social cohesion
1995 - 2002, More Australians are participating in voluntary work.

Crime
1998 - 2005, Rates of personal crime increase slightly, and household crime rates decrease.

Democracy, governance and citizenship
2001 - 2006, The vast majority of eligible Australians are enrolled to vote.