HOUSING

Examples of data items contained in data cubes within this topic include: tenure type; landlord type; housing characteristics; housing mobility; mean value of dwelling; dwelling structure; housing utilisation; and housing costs as a proportion of gross income.

The migrant population referred to in these data cubes reflects the definition of a 'migrant' as described in the Glossary of migrant related terms unless otherwise stated. This glossary also contains definitions of the data items represented in the table rows of the matrix below. The Australian born population is included in the data cubes for comparative purposes.

For the products below, data are available for the migrant related data items that have a cross ('x') in the corresponding row. To open the data cube, simply click on the product of interest (i.e. column headers) and then click on the data cube icon. For detailed information on how to use these matrices, click on How to use the matrices.

Detailed information on the data collections from which these ABS products are sourced can be found under the Housing Topic in the Guide to Migrant Statistical Sources, 2007 (cat. no. 3414.0).

	Income, Housing and Household Expenditure 2003-04	Disability, Ageing and Carers 2003	General Social Survey 2006
Country of birth (person)	x	x	x
Country of birth (mother)
Country of birth (father)
Country of last residence
Year of arrival in Australia	x	x	x
Age on arrival in Australia
Proficiency in spoken English			x
First language spoken as a child
Main language other than English spoken at home			x
Main language spoken at home
Languages spoken at home
Australian citizenship			x
Ancestry
Religious affiliation
Visa category			x
Selected demographic characteristics	x	x	x
Selected geographic characteristics	x	x	x
Selected work and education characteristics	x	x	x
Selected economic characteristics	x	x	x

MORE DETAILED SOURCE INFORMATION

Income, Housing and Household Expenditure, 2003–04

3415.0 Migrants, Income, Housing and Household Expenditure, 2003-04 (233kB, xls)
Main Features for source product - Household Income and Income Distribution, Australia, 2003–04 (cat. no. 6523.0)
Main Features for source product - Household Expenditure Survey, Australia: Summary of Results, 2003–04 (cat. no. 6530.0)

Disability, Ageing and Carers, 2003

3415.0 Migrants, Disability, Ageing and Carers, 2003 (365kB, xls)
Main Features for source product - Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings, 2003 (cat. no. 4430.0)

General Social Survey 2006

3415.0 Migrants, General Social Survey, 2006 (483kB, xls)
Main Features for source product - General Social Survey: Summary Results, Australia, 2006 (cat. no. 4159.0)