A compendium of economic statistics for October, presenting comprehensive tables, graphs, commentaries, feature articles and technical notes.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics have published their 2007-2008 study of diabetes and how it is affecting Australians. Diabetes mellitus is a chronic condition in which the body is deficient in producing or using insulin, a hormone that controls blood glucose levels [1]. People with diabetes have difficulty converting glucose from foods such as breads...

This report summarises the socio-economic conditions of an area using relevant information from the Census of Population and Housing. Socio-economic indexes for areas (SEIFA) seek to summarise the socio-economic conditions of an area using relevant information from the Census of Population and Housing. The SEIFA indexes are widely used measures of relative socio-economic advantage and...

Drawn from the 2009-10 Survey of Income and Housing, this publications presents estimates of the income and other characteristics of households and persons resident in private dwellings and of the distribution of income across the population. The economic wellbeing of individuals is largely determined by their command over economic resources. People's income and reserves of...

Total government funding for cultural activities was $6,658.1m in 2009-10. This was an increase of 2% on 2008-09 ($6,525.1m) which was in turn an increase of 7% on total cultural funding for 2007-08 ($6,081.2m).