PERSONAL AND HOUSEHOLD FINANCES

Examples of data items contained in data cubes within this topic include: principal source of household income; main source of income; equivalised gross household income quintiles; mean of equivalised disposable household income; equity in dwelling; assets & liabilities; household debt and payments; financial stress indicators; type of dissaving action taken; type of cash flow problems; mean net worth; and mean goods and services expenditure.

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 Personal and Household Finances Topic in the Guide to Migrant Statistical Sources, 2007 (cat. no. 3414.0).

	Income, Housing and Household Expenditure 2003-04	Labour Force and Other Characteristics of Migrants 2004	General Social Survey 2006
Country of birth (person)	x	x	x
Country of birth (mother)
Country of birth (father)
Country of last residence		x
Year of arrival in Australia	x	x	x
Age on arrival in Australia		x
Proficiency in spoken English		x	x
First language spoken as a child
Main language other than English spoken at home		x	x
Main language spoken at home
Languages spoken at home
Australian citizenship		x	x
Ancestry
Religious affiliation
Visa category		x	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

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)

Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Migrants, 2004

3415.0 Migrants, Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Migrants, 2004 (348kB, xls)
Main Features for source product - Labour Force Status and Other Characteristics of Migrants, Australia, Nov 2004 (cat. no. 6250.0)

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)