The paper examines the recent trends in Australia's individual and household income distributions.

This is the fourteenth State of the Regions Report. The Report is commissioned by ALGA and prepared by National Economics. This year's report incorporates the latest census analysis examining population and migration, as well as distribution of employment, income and household wealth, including the scale of private savings and mortgage burdens. The value of increasing...

This qualitative study involving Melbourne's Afghan and Burmese (Chin and Karen) communities presents a mixed picture of how these migrants are coping with financial matters as they settle in a new city. Two factors influencing adjustment are people’s diverse circumstances and experiences of financial matters before arrival in Australia and a lack of finance-related information...

The measurement of affordability is important to understanding who has housing affordability issues; the spatial variation of these issues; and the extent of the problem in the community. Although housing affordability has commonly been measured as a simple ratio of income to housing costs, this paper presents an argument for the use of a different...

This study provides information about the factors that influence the participation of families in paid employment and their communities more broadly. In-depth interviews were undertaken with 59 households (involving 71 individuals) across Broadmeadows in Victoria, Mansfield Park in South Australia, and Carole Park near Goodna in Queensland. These suburbs - along with Angle Park in...