On 11 May 2017 the Australian Senate referred an inquiry into the Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 14 June 2017.
Equivalent tables from the 2011 Census of Population and Housing were compiled by the ABS in response to requests for information into the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017. The Committee's report was published on 23 June 2017. These 2016 Census of Population and Housing tables are released to inform governments, schools, parents, students and the community about the income distribution of families with school children in states and territories and across local areas of Australia.
Further tailored disaggregations of 2016 Census results are available from the ABS on request. Please contact client.services@abs.gov.au.