6523.0 - Household Income and Income Distribution, Australia, 2002-03  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 03/12/2004   
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1 This publication presents the income and characteristics of households and persons resident in private dwellings in Australia, compiled from the 2002-03 Survey of Income and Housing (SIH), previously known as the Survey of Income and Housing Costs. The survey collected information on sources of income, amounts received and characteristics of persons aged 15 years and over resident in private dwellings throughout non-sparsely settled areas of Australia.


2 The SIH was conducted continuously from 1994-95 to 1997-98, and then in 1999-2000, 2000-01 and 2002-03 (charges may apply). The 2002-03 SIH included an expanded sample of 10,000 households (up from about 7,000 households in earlier years). In 2003-04, and every sixth year thereafter, the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) has a sample of about 11,000 households contributing to income estimates. The SIH will be conducted, with an 11,000 household sample, every two years in between the HIES cycles, to provide a biennial household income series.