Posted 31/08/2021 by Joanne Simon-Davies
This month: serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members, migration movements and philanthropic and charitable donations.
Statistics releases in September
If you are interested in any of the forthcoming releases or datasets, please contact the Parliamentary Library to discuss in more detail.
| Statistical reports |
Release date |
| ABS, Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, June 2021 |
1-Sep |
| AIHW, The first year of COVID-19 in Australia: direct and indirect health effects |
2-Sep |
| ABS, International Trade in Goods and Services, July 2021 |
2-Sep |
| ABS, Lending Indicators, July 2021 |
2-Sep |
| ABS, Industrial Disputes, June 2021 |
2-Sep |
| ABS, Retail Trade, July 2021 |
3-Sep |
| ABS, Research and Experimental Development, Businesses, 2019-20 |
3-Sep |
| ABS, Labour Account, June 2021 |
8-Sep |
| ABS, Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia, week ending 14 August 2021 |
9-Sep |
| ABS, Overseas Arrivals and Departures, July 2021 |
14-Sep |
| ABS, Residential Property Price Indexes: Eight Capital Cities, June 2021 |
14-Sep |
| ABS, National, State and Territory Population, March 2021 |
16-Sep |
| ABS, Corrective Services, June Quarter 2021 |
16-Sep |
| ABS, Labour Force, August 2021 |
16-Sep |
| AIHW, Australia’s Welfare, 2021 |
16-Sep |
| ABS, Tourism Satellite Accounts: quarterly tourism labour statistics, Australia, experimental estimates, June 2021 |
17-Sep |
| AIHW, Dementia in Australia |
20-Sep |
| NVCER, Government Funding of VET, 2020 |
20-Sep |
| ABS, Australian National Accounts: Finance and Wealth, June 2021 |
23-Sep |
| AIHW, Dashboard—2020 Aged Care Workforce Census |
28-Sep |
| ABS, Deaths, 2020 |
29-Sep |
| ABS, Causes of Death, 2020 |
29-Sep |
| ABS, Engineering Construction Activity, June 2021 |
29-Sep |
| AIHW, Heart, Stroke and Vascular Disease |
29-Sep |
| ABS, Job Vacancies, August 2021 |
30-Sep |
| ABS, Building Approvals, August 2021 |
30-Sep |
| ANZ, Australian Job Advertisements, July 2021 |
30-Sep |
Note: Release dates may be subject to change without notice.
What’s new
Did you know . . .
For the year ending 30 June 2020:
- There were over 7.6 million migrants living in Australia, representing 29.8% of Australia's population.
- Those born in England (980,400) continued to be the largest group of overseas-born living in Australia, with Indian-born in second place (721,000) and Chinese-born in third place (650,600).
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, there were a record 99,000 Australian citizens returning after living overseas in 2019-20, the greatest number of returns ever recorded. In the same year, over 61,000 Australians emigrated, a decline of 29 per cent from one year earlier. These changes likely reflect impacts from COVID-19.
Did you know . . .
- In December 2020 there were approximately 58,600 registered charities in Australia.
- In 2018–19 the total amount claimed by individual taxpayers for donations to charity was $3.9 billion. The proportion of all individual taxpayers claiming a donation was 29%.
- Over half (52%) of those earning over $250,000 made a tax-deductible donation. For those earning $25,000 to $250,000, 35% donated, and for those earning less than $25,000, 9.4% made a donation.
Statistics of the month
Serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members who have served since 1985: population characteristics 2019 (AIHW)
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), this report describes the demographic and service-related characteristics of the ex-serving population. It is part of a larger project to establish a study population that is more representative of the entire veteran population. It establishes a study population of members who served in the ADF between 1985 and 2019 by using data from historical ADF personnel systems.
As of 31 December 2019, almost 373,500 Australians had served at least one day in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) since 1 January 1985. Of these, just over 358,000 were still alive of which 59,000 were permanent, 38,700 reserve and nearly 261,000 ex-serving.
Permanent and reserve members as of 31 December 2019:
- The median age for permanent members was 31 and for reserve members was 37.
- The number of permanent members has remained reasonably constant at around 59,000 since 2010.
- The number of reserve members fluctuated year to year from around 36,400 in 2002 to 44,200 in 2008 where it remained until 2015 before dropping to 36,800 in 2016. In 2019, there were around 38,700 members in the reserve.
Ex-serving members as of 31 December 2019:
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The number of ex-serving members with at least one day of service since 1985 was approximately 261,000 in 2019.
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The majority were male (84%).
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The majority were aged 40 years and over (79%).
- Consistent with the distribution of members across the three Services during active service, the majority (68%) had separated from the Army. Similar proportions had separated from the Navy and Air Force at 16% each.
- The average length of service was 10 years with more than one quarter (28%) having between 1 and 5 years of service, while 1 in 5 (20%) had served over 20 years.
- The most common reason for leaving the ADF was voluntary separation (45%).
- The average time since separation was nearly 19 years.
Articles of interest:
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