Description
Median personal weekly income for Indigenous Australians aged 15 years and over
Data period
Census night (9 August) 2016
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census of Population and Housing 2016
Region types reported
- Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2016 Main Structure regions: Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2), Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3), Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4), States and Territories, Australia
- ASGS 2016 Indigenous structure regions: Indigenous Locations (ILOC), Indigenous Areas (IARE), Indigenous Regions (IREG)
Suppression rules
N/A
Notes
All persons who interacted with the Australian taxation system for the 2011-12 to 2017-18 financial years and for whom personal income is identified.
This includes persons who have lodged Individual Tax Returns (ITR) within 16 months of the end of the financial year or who received Pay As You Go (PAYG) payment summaries from an employer in that year.
Reference material
ABS 2016. Census of Population and Housing: Census Dictionary, 2016, August 2016: ABS cat. no. 2901.0. Viewed 25 May 2021.
ABS 2016. Census of Population and Housing: Understanding the Census and Census Data, Australia , 2016, November 2017: ABS cat. no. 2900.0. Viewed 25 May 2021.
ABS 2020. Personal Income in Australia methodology 2020, Canberra: ABS. Viewed 13 May 2020.