Brief description
The DSS Payment Demographic data set is made up of:Selected DSS payment data by
* Geography: state/territory, electorate, postcode, LGA and SA2 (for 2015 onwards)
* Demographic: age, sex and Indigenous/non-Indigenous
* Duration on Payment (Working Age & Pensions)
* Duration on Income Support (Working Age, Carer payment & Disability Support Pension)
* Rate (Working Age & Pensions)
* Earnings (Working Age & Pensions)
* Age Pension assets data
* JobSeeker Payment and Youth Allowance (other) Principal Carers
* Activity Tested Recipients by Partial Capacity to Work (NSA,PPS & YAO)
* Exits within 3, 6 and 12 months (Newstart Allowance/JobSeeker Payment, Parenting Payment, Sickness Allowance & Youth Allowance)
* Disability Support Pension by medical condition
* Care Receiver by medical conditions
* Commonwealth Rent Assistance by Payment type and Income Unit type have been added from March 2017. For further information about Commonwealth Rent Assistance and Income Units see the Data Descriptions and Glossary included in the dataset.
From December 2022, the "DSS Expanded Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics – quarterly data" publication has introduced expanded reporting populations for income support recipients. As a result, the reporting population for Jobseeker Payment and Special Benefit has changed to include recipients who are current but on zero rate of payment and those who are suspended from payment. The reporting population for ABSTUDY, Austudy, Parenting Payment and Youth Allowance has changed to include those who are suspended from payment.
The expanded report will replace the standard report after June 2023.
Additional data for DSS Expanded Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics – quarterly data includes:
• A new contents page to assist users locate the information within the spreadsheet
• Additional data for the ‘Suspended’ population in the ‘Payment by Rate’ tab to enable users to calculate the old reporting rules.
• Additional information on the Employment Earning by ‘Income Free Area’ tab.
From December 2022, Services Australia have implemented a change in the Centrelink payment system to recognise gender other than the sex assigned at birth or during infancy, or as a gender which is not exclusively male or female.
To protect the privacy of individuals and comply with confidentialisation policy, persons identifying as ‘non-binary’ will initially be grouped with ‘females’ in the period immediately following implementation of this change.
The Department will monitor the implications of this change and will publish the ‘non-binary’ gender category as soon as privacy and confidentialisation considerations allow.
Local Government Area has been updated to reflect the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2022 boundaries from June 2023.
Commonwealth Electorate Division has been updated to reflect the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2021 boundaries from June 2023.
SA2 has been updated to reflect the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2021 boundaries from June 2023.
From December 2021, the following are included in the report:
* selected payments by work capacity, by various demographic breakdowns
* rental type and homeownership
* Family Tax Benefit recipients and children by payment type
* Commonwealth Rent Assistance by proportion eligible for the maximum rate
* an age breakdown for Age Pension recipients
For further information, please see the Glossary.
From June 2021, data on the Paid Parental Leave Scheme is included yearly in June releases. This includes both Parental Leave Pay and Dad and Partner Pay, across multiple breakdowns. Please see Glossary for further information.
From March 2017 the DSS demographic dataset will include top 25 countries of birth. For further information see the glossary.
From March 2016 machine readable files containing the three geographic breakdowns have also been published for use in National Map, links to these datasets are below:
* [Statistical Area 2 - SA2](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dss-payments-by-statistical-area-2)
* [Commonwealth Electoral Division - CED](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dss-payments-by-commonwealth-electoral-division)
* [Local Government Area - LGA](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dss-payments-by-local-government-area)
Pre June 2014 Quarter Data contains:
Selected DSS payment data by
* Geography: state/territory; electorate; postcode and LGA
* Demographic: age, sex and Indigenous/non-Indigenous
Note: JobSeeker Payment replaced Newstart Allowance and other working age payments from 20 March 2020, for further details see: https://www.dss.gov.au/benefits-payments/jobseeker-payment
For data on DSS payment demographics as at June 2013 or earlier, the department has published data which was produced annually.
Data is provided by payment type containing timeseries’, state, gender, age range, and various other demographics. Links to these publications are below:
* [Statistical Paper series](https://onlineapps/sites/dingo/_layouts/15/osssearchresults.aspx?u=https%3A%2F%2Fonlineapps%2Fsites%2Fdingo&k=statistical%20paper%20series#k=Statistical%20paper%20series)
Concession card data in the March and June 2020 quarters have been re-stated to address an over-count in reported cardholder numbers.
28/06/2024 – The March 2024 and December 2023 reports were republished with updated data in the ‘Carer Receivers by Med Condition’ section, updates are exclusive to the ‘Care Receivers of Carer Payment recipients’ table, under ‘Intellectual / Learning’ and ‘Circulatory System’ conditions only.
Full description
Expanded DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - June 2024 - Expanded DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - June 2024Expanded DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - March 2024 - Expanded DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - March 2024
Expanded DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - December 2023 - Expanded DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - December 2023
Expanded DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - September 2023 - Expanded DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - September 2023
Expanded DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - June 2023 - Expanded DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - June 2023 \r\n\r\nPlease note an error has been rectified in the FTB by ISP type on 23/11/2023.
Expanded DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - March 2023 - Expanded DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - March 2023
DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - March 2023 - DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - March 2023
Expanded DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - December 2022 - Expanded DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - December 2022
DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - December 2022 - DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - December 2022
DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - September 2022 - DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - September 2022
DSS Demographics - June 2022 - DSS Demographics - June 2022
DSS Demographics - March 2022 - DSS Demographics - March 2022
DSS Demographics - December 2021 - DSS Demographics - December 2021
DSS Demographics - September 2021 - DSS Demographics - September 2021
DSS Demographics - June 2021 - DSS Demographics - June 2021
DSS Demographics - March 2021 - DSS Demographics - March 2021
DSS Demographics - December 2020 - DSS Demographics - December 2020
DSS Demographics - September 2020 - DSS Demographics - September 2020
DSS Demographics June 2020 - DSS Demographics June 2020\r\n\r\nNote: Concession card data in the March and June 2020 quarters have been re-stated to address an over-count in reported cardholder numbers.
DSS Demographics March 2020 - DSS Demographics March 2020\r\n\r\nNote: Concession card data in the March and June 2020 quarters have been re-stated to address an over-count in reported cardholder numbers.
DSS Demographics December 2019 -
DSS Demographics September 2019 - DSS Demographics September 2019
DSS Demographics June 2019 - DSS Demographics June 2019
DSS Demographics March 2019 - DSS Demographics March 2019
DSS Demographics December 2018 - DSS Demographics December 2018
DSS Demographics September 2018 - DSS Demographics September 2018
DSS Demographics June 2018 - DSS Demographics June 2018
DSS Demographics March 2018 - DSS Demographics March 2018
DSS Demographics December 2017 - DSS Demographics December 2017
DSS Demographics September 2017 - DSS Demographics September 2017
DSS Demographics June 2017 - DSS Demographics June 2017
DSS Demographics March 2017 - DSS Demographics March 2017
DSS Demographics December 2016 - DSS Demographics December 2016
DSS Demographics September 2016 - DSS Demographics September 2016
DSS Demographics June 2016 - DSS Demographics June 2016
DSS Demographics March 2016 - DSS Demographics March 2016
DSS Demographics December 2015 - DSS Demographics December 2015
DSS Demographics September 2015 - DSS Demographics September 2015
DSS Demographic June 2015 - DSS Demographic June 2015
DSS Demographics March 2015 - DSS Demographics March 2015
DSS Demographic December 2014 - DSS Demographic December 2014
DSS Demographics September 2014 - DSS Demographics September 2014
DSS Demographics June 2014 - DSS Demographics June 2014
DSS Demographics March 2014 - DSS Demographics March 2014
DSS Demographics December 2013 - DSS Demographics December 2013
DSS Demographics September 2013 - DSS Demographics September 2013
March 2014 - Payment recipients by payment type and state and territory - March 2014 - Payment recipients by payment type and state and territory
March 2014 - Payment recipients by 2014 Local Government Area LGA and payment type - March 2014 - Payment recipients by 2014 Local Government Area LGA and payment type
March 2014 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by age group - March 2014 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by age group
March 2014 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by Indigenous indicator - March 2014 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by Indigenous indicator
March 2014 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by marital status - March 2014 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by marital status
March 2014 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by sex - March 2014 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by sex
March 2014 - Payment recipients by postcode and payment type - March 2014 - Payment recipients by postcode and payment type
December 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type and state and territory - December 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type and state and territory
December 2013 - Payment recipients by 2013 Local Government Area LGA and payment type - December 2013 - Payment recipients by 2013 Local Government Area LGA and payment type
December 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by marital status - December 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by marital status
December 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by age group - December 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by age group
December 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by Indigenous indicator - December 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by Indigenous indicator
December 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by sex - December 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by sex
December 2013 - Payment recipients by postcode and payment type - December 2013 - Payment recipients by postcode and payment type
September 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type and state and territory - September 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type and state and territory
September 2013 - Payment recipients by Local Government Area LGA and payment type - September 2013 - Payment recipients by Local Government Area LGA and payment type
September 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by Indigenous indicator - September 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by Indigenous indicator
September 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by marital status - September 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by marital status
September 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by age group - September 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by age group
September 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by sex - September 2013 - Payment recipients by payment type by state and territory by sex
September 2013 - Payment recipients by postcode and payment type - September 2013 - Payment recipients by postcode and payment type
Spatial Coverage And Location
text: Australia
Subjects
ABSTUDY |
Age Pension |
Austudy |
COB |
Commonwealth Seniors Health Card |
Country of Birth |
DSS |
Double Orphan Pension |
Family Tax Benefit |
Health Care Card |
Low Income Card |
Newstart Allowance |
Parenting Payment |
Partner Allowance |
Pensioner Concession Card |
Rent Assistance |
SA2 |
Sickness Allowance |
Special Benefit |
Welfare payments |
carer allowance |
carer payment |
children |
country of birth |
disability |
employment |
families |
health |
indigenous |
social policy |
social security |
study |
unemployment |
welfare |
widow allowance |
widow b pension |
wife pension |
working age |
youth allowance |
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Identifiers
- Local : dss-payment-demographic-data
- URI : data.gov.au/dataset/cff2ae8a-55e4-47db-a66d-e177fe0ac6a0