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State summary tables
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
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| | Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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| Gross State product per capita (market price) | $'000 | 1996-97 | 29.2 | 29.2 | 24.8 | 24.6 | 30.6 | 22.2 | 29.4 | 35.2 | 28.1 |
| Household disposable income per capita | $'000 | 1996-97 | 19.2 | 18.7 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 17.3 | 15.3 | 18.4 | 23.2 | 18.1 |
| Share of equivalent income going to top quintile (of all income units) | % | 1996-97 | 37.7 | 37.2 | 37.7 | 35.8 | 38.0 | 35.8 | n.a. | 37.1 | 37.4 |
| Share of equivalent income going to bottom quintile (of all income units) | % | 1996-97 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 6.8 | 8.6 | n.a. | 6.8 | 7.6 |
| Gini coefficient (of all income units) | no. | 1996-97 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.46 | 0.40 | n.a. | 0.44 | 0.44 |
| Median gross weekly income of couple with dependants income units | $ | 1996-97 | 881 | 861 | 877 | 855 | 960 | 831 | n.a. | 1,157 | 882 |
| Median gross weekly income of one-parent income units | $ | 1996-97 | 342 | 318 | 370 | 332 | 382 | *415 | n.a. | *374 | 349 |
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Reference periods: Data for income distribution are for the year ending 30 June.
SOURCES OF INCOME
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 | Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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| Wages and salaries as main source of income (of all income units) | % | 1996-97 | 55.1 | 55.9 | 53.9 | 48.2 | 55.9 | 52.5 | n.a. | 63.0 | 54.8 |
| Main income source from government payments (of all income units) | % | 1996-97 | 30.8 | 28.4 | 30.6 | 37.0 | 26.2 | 35.4 | n.a. | 19.5 | 30.0 |
| Main income source from government payments (of couple with dependants income units) | % | 1996-97 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 13.0 | *11.8 | *6.9 | *12.4 | n.a. | * * | 11.6 |
| Main income source from government payments (of one parent income units) | % | 1996-97 | 67.4 | 68.2 | 62.1 | 70.9 | 56.0 | *50.8 | n.a. | *51.0 | 64.8 |
| Mean total weekly earnings of all employees | $ | 1998 | 642 | 560 | 588 | 568 | 586 | 554 | 643 | 734 | 610 |
| Mean total weekly earnings of full-time adult employees | $ | 1998 | 817 | 767 | 757 | 729 | 781 | 712 | 782 | 874 | 782 |
| Mean weekly ordinary time earnings of full-time non-managerial adult employees | $ | 1998 | 710 | 684 | 674 | 668 | 695 | 653 | 693 | 745 | 692 |
| Female/male ratio of mean total full-time adult weekly earnings | no. | 1998 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
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Reference periods: Data for sources of income (except mean weekly earnings data which are at May) are for the year ending 30 June.
INCOME SUPPORT
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| Units | Years | NSW | Vic. | Qld | SA | WA | Tas. | NT | ACT | Aust. |
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| Aged on age pension | % | 1998 | 62.9 | 65.0 | 63.3 | 68.1 | 62.7 | 64.6 | 66.2 | 49.6 | 65.4 |
| Age pensioners(a) | '000 | 1998 | 572.2 | 431.0 | 278.9 | 161.4 | 136.6 | 45.1 | 5.1 | 13.7 | 1,682.6 |
| Male age pensioners | '000 | 1998 | 204.8 | 154.9 | 102.7 | 58.3 | 48.8 | 16.0 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 613.6 |
| Female age pensioners | '000 | 1998 | 367.3 | 276.1 | 176.2 | 103.1 | 87.8 | 29.1 | 3.0 | 9.2 | 1,069.0 |
| Labour market allowance | '000 | 1998 | 250.1 | 190.9 | 165.9 | 68.9 | 64.1 | 27.5 | 12.7 | 10.1 | 790.3 |
| Disability support pensioners(a) | '000 | 1998 | 188.0 | 129.5 | 99.8 | 51.9 | 46.0 | 19.6 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 553.3 |
| Single-parent payment(a) | '000 | 1998 | 123.9 | 82.1 | 77.3 | 30.9 | 37.0 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 372.3 |
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(a) Components do not add to total because total for Australia includes pensions paid to people living overseas.
Reference periods: Income support data are at June, except labour market allowance recipients which are at May.
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