Lifestyle

Already nearly 6,500 families expecting babies early in 2011 have applied for Paid Parental Leave. Parents can lodge their claims up to three months before their baby’s due date.  By now we are all probably pretty aware of the paid parental leave scheme. To quickly recap: The scheme provides up ...

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The long lasting financial impacts of divorce for women

The following media release comes from the Australian Institute of Family Studies: A new, long lens study of the financial impact of divorce on women and men has found that four years later, divorced women are still significantly worse off than both divorced men, and women who never divorced. The ...

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Young Australians: casual work and the comforts of their parents’ home

More than ever before, young Australians are living with their parents. They’re also working on a casual basis and are more likely to move across the country than any other generation. This information and more is in the latest Australian Social Trends publication from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ...

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National Families Week: Supporting families more important than ever

The role of Australian families will be more critical than ever as the fallout from the unfolding global financial crisis continues, according to the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Institute director Professor Alan Hayes has become an Ambassador for National Families Week, which celebrates and highlights the critical importance of ...

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One in three Australians not in the labour force: ABS

One in three (33%) Australians aged 15 years and over (5.5 million people) were not in the labour force in September 2008, according to statistics released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The majority (61%) of these were women (3.3 million). Almost one-third (30%) of people not in the ...

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New South Wales has the highest housing costs while its economy has been growing more slowly than Australia’s, according to an annual snapshot of the state released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The ABS found that in 2005-06, first home buyers in NSW were spending 29% of ...

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We’re overweight, marrying less and buying more

According to an Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) publication released last week, we’re more likely to be overweight, less likely to marry, and consuming more goods and services. A few titbits include: The latest figures show that around 7.4 million Australian adults (54%) were overweight or obese. This was an ...

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Some quirky Census facts

The ABS has recently released it’s “quirky census facts” from the 2006 Census. Having worked as a census collector, I can assure you that “quirky” doesn’t begin to cover some of what I encountered. Still, for fact junkies like myself, these might provide some interesting conversation fodder: Locations with the ...

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Census paints a picture of the average Australian family

The 2006 Census showed that the most common family type in Australia was a couple with children. Just over 45% of all families, or 2.4 million families, fell into this group. The Australian Capital Territory and Victoria had the highest proportions of families in this group. Of all couple families ...

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Frugal Family: Make Lunches in Bulk. Save time. Save money.

It is astounding to me how many mothers complain about having to make lunches each morning while running late or forking out for lunch orders because they had nothing in the cupboards. Anyone who knows me knows that I prefer the “a little organisation now saves a lot of stress ...

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Low income households gain most from government benefits and taxes

I’m a bit of a statistics geek and today’s release from the ABS made for some interesting reading. For fact collectors like myself, here’s the latest from the Bureau: Australia’s low income households received more cash benefits from the government than higher income households, while indirect benefits (provided in kind) ...

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