Abbreviations

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Communications Authority

Aged Care Assessment Program

Aged Care Assessment Team

Australian Council for Children and Parenting

Aged and Community Care Management Information System

Association for Competitive Employment

National industry association for disability services

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Australian Education Union

Australian Federation of Disability Organisations

Australian Federation of Homelessness Organisations

Australian Government Publishing Service

Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute

Australian Institute of Criminology

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Agreement on National Indigenous Housing Information

Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification

Aged Pension

Australian Research Council

Australian Standard Classification of Occupations

Australian Survey of Social Attitudes

Automatic Teller Machine

Australian Taxation Office

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

Australian Government

Body mass index

Commonwealth Advisory Committee on Homelessness

Community Aged Care Packages

Crisis Accommodation Program

Colmar Brunton Social Research

Commonwealth Child Care Advisory Council

Collection district

Community and Disability Services Ministers' Conference

Council of Australian Governments

Council on the Ageing

Consumer Price Index

Commonwealth Rent Assistance

Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service

Commonwealth-State Housing Agreement

Community Services Ministers' Advisory Council

Commonwealth/State/Territory Disability Agreement

Confidentialised unit record file (ABS)

DDA Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Commonwealth of Australia)

DEH Australian Government Department of Environment and Heritage

DEST Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training

DEWR Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace

Relations

DHAC (former) Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care

DHS Victorian Department of Human Services

DHSH (former) Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health

DHW Western Australian Department of Housing and Works

DIMIA Australian Government Department of Immigration and Multicultural

and Indigenous Affairs

DoH New South Wales Department of Housing

DoHA Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

DSP Disability Support Pension

DTC Day Therapy Centre

DV Domestic violence

DVA Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs

EACH Extended Aged Care at Home

EFTPOS Electronic funds transfer at point of sale

FaCS Australian Government Department of Family and Community Services

FBT Fringe benefits tax

FHOG First Home Owner Grant

FTB Family tax benefit (payable as Parts A and B)

FTE Full-time equivalent

GDP Gross domestic product

GFCE Government Final Consumption Expenditure

GST Goods and services tax

HILDA Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey

HACC Home and Community Care

HMAC Housing Ministers Advisory Council

HREOC Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

ICF International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

IRSD Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage

LBOTE Language background other than English

Lincoln Center Lincoln Centre for Ageing and Community Care Research

MACHA Multi Agency Community Housing Association

MCEETYA Ministerial Council on Education and Employment, Training and

Youth Affairs

MDS Minimum data set

MHCA Mental Health Council of Australia

NATSEM National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling

NCHF National Community Housing Forum

NCSDD National Community Services Data Committee

NCSDD National Community Services Data Dictionary

NCSIA National Community Services Information Agreement

NCSIMG National Community Services Information Management Group

NCVER National Centre for Vocational Education Research

NDA National Disability Administrators

NEPM National Environment Protection Measure

NGCSO Non-government community service organisation

NHDA National Housing Data Agreement

NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council

NISU National Injury Surveillance Unit (of the AIHW)

NHPC National Health Performance Committee

NMDS National minimum data set

NRCP National Respite for Carers Program

NSSI National Service Standards Instrument (HACC)

NSHS National Social Housing Survey

OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

RSE Relative standard error

SAAP Supported Accommodation Assistance Program

SCRCSSP Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth/State Service

Provision

SDAC (ABS) Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers

SEIFA Socioeconomic indexes for area

SLA Statistical local area

SOCX (OECD's) Social expenditure framework

SOMIH State owned and managed Indigenous housing

SPP Specific purpose payment

TAFE Technical and further education

TPDC Transport and Population Data Centre

UN United Nations

UN United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

VET Vocational education and training

VHC Veterans' Home Care

WHA World Health Assembly

WHO World Health Organization

Australian Jurisdictions

ACT Australian Capital Territory
Aust Australia
NSW New South Wales
NT Northern Territory
Qld Queensland
SA South Australia
Tas Tasmania
Vic Victoria
WA Western Australia

Glossary

accreditation (aged care) A process through which residential aged care homes must go in order to be recognised as approved providers under the Aged Care Act 1997.

age-specific rate A rate for a specific age group. The numerator and denominator relate to the same age group.

age-standardised rate Weighted average of age-specific rates according to a standard distribution of age to eliminate the effect of different age distributions and thus facilitate valid comparison of groups with differing age compositions.

ambulatory care Care provided to hospital patients who are not admitted to the hospital, such as patients of emergency departments and outpatient clinics. The term is also used to refer to care provided to patients of community-based (non-hospital) health care services.

apparent retention rate The ratio of the number of students in a given year to the number originally entering secondary school.

Auslan The sign language used among signing deaf people in Australia in their everyday communication with each other. A visual/gestural language with no written form and its own distinct grammatical structure.

capital expenditure Expenditure on the acquisition or enhancement of an asset. This includes new and second-hand fixed assets (e.g. building, information technology), increase in stocks, lands and intangible assets (e.g. patents and copyrights), capital transfer payments, and net advances which are acquisitions of financial assets (e.g. shares and equities).

constant price expenditure Expenditure which has been adjusted for the effects of inflation. This adjustment for inflation allows comparison across different years of the quantity of goods and services on which the expenditure has been incurred.

core activity Defined by the ABS as self-care, mobility and communication. See Technical appendix for more information on these and related terms.

deinstitutionalisation A term referring to a shift in service delivery away from institutional care, towards care in the home and community.

disability An umbrella term for any or all of: an impairment of body structure or function, a limitation in activities, or a restriction in participation. Disability is a multidimensional concept, and is conceived as an interaction between health conditions and the environment.

disabling condition See Technical appendix.

disposable income Gross income less direct tax and Medicare levy.

employed person A person aged 15 years or more who, during the reference week of the labour force survey, worked for one hour or more for pay, profit or commission.

estimated resident population Australia's population statistics are compiled by the ABS according to the place of usual residence of the population. Usual residence is defined as the place where a person has lived or intends to live for a period of 6 months or more.

full-time equivalent (FTE) A standardised measure used in converting number of persons in part-time employment to number of persons in full-time employment.

full-time/part-time employed Full-time employed are those who work 35 or more hours per week; part-time employed are those who work less than 35 hours per week (see also employed person).

Indigenous A person who identifies himself or herself as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin and is accepted as such by the community in which he or she lives. (The 'Commonwealth Definition' given in High Court Judgment 1983).

International Classification of Diseases (ICD) The World Health Organization's internationally accepted classification of death and disease. The tenth revision (ICD-10) is currently in use.

International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) The World Health Organization's internationally accepted classification of functioning, disability and health. The classification was endorsed by WHO in May 2001.

labour force Includes people who are employed and people who are unemployed (not employed and actively looking for work).

length of stay (hospital or residential aged care) The time between the date of admission and the date a person is discharged from a hospital or residential aged care. For a current resident, it is the time between the date of admission and a specified date. A same-day hospital patient is allocated a length of stay of 1 day.

long-term health condition See Technical appendix.

mean A measure of the centre of a distribution. It is calculated by dividing the sum of the values by the number of values.

median A measure of the centre of a distribution. It is the middle value in a ranked set of values.

non-government community service organisations (NGCSOs) Organisations, operated on either a for-profit or not-for-profit basis, privately managed to provide community services for family with children, youth, adults, older people, people with disabilities, and people from different ethnic backgrounds.

non-government organisations (NGOs) In Australia, non-profit institutions financed by the three levels of government and by households, corporations and other nongovernment organisations. They produce, for the large part, non-market goods and services for the benefit of individuals, households or groups of households.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) An

organisation of 24 developed countries, including Australia.

patient days The number of full or partial days of stay for patients who were admitted for an episode of care and who underwent separation during the reporting period. A patient who is admitted and separated on the same day is allocated 1 patient day.

permanent admission (aged care) Admission to residential aged care for long-term care purposes.

primary carer Defined by the ABS as a person of any age who provides the most informal assistance, in terms of help or supervision with one or more disabilities. The assistance has to be ongoing, or likely to be ongoing, for at least 6 months and be provided for one or more of the core activities (communication, mobility or self-care).

private hospital A privately owned and operated institution, catering for patients who are treated by a doctor of their own choice. Patients are charged fees for accommodation and other services provided by the hospital and relevant medical and paramedical practitioners. Includes private freestanding day hospital facilities.

projection Is not a forecast but simply illustrates changes that would occur if the stated assumptions were to apply over the period in question.

public hospital A hospital controlled by a state or territory health authority. In Australia public hospitals offer free diagnostic services, treatment, care and accommodation to all who need it.

recurrent expenditure Expenditure on goods and services which does not result in the creation of fixed assets or in the acquisition of land, intangible assets or secondhand plant and equipment. Recurrent expenditure consists mainly of expenditure on wages, salaries and supplements, purchases of goods and services, and recurrent transfer payments (e.g. age pensions).

respite admission (aged care) Admission to residential aged care for short-term, alternative care purposes.

separation The formal process by which a hospital records the completion of treatment and/or care for an admitted patient.

stand-alone psychiatric hospital Establishments devoted primarily to the treatment and care of inpatients with psychiatric disorders.

total fertility rate (TFR) Indicates the average number of babies that would be born over a lifetime to a hypothetical group of women if they were to experience the age-specific birth rates applying in a given year.

transfer payments Payments made by governments either to other levels of government or to non-government organisations for the purpose of financing the current operation of the recipients (recurrent transfer payments), or of meeting part of the cost of capital expenditure of the recipient (capital transfer payments).

unemployed person Person aged 15 years or more who was not employed during the reference week but who had actively looked for work and was currently available for work (see also employed person).

Population tables

Table P1: Indigenous Australians (experimental estimated resident populations), by sex, age and state/territory, 30 June 2001
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
Indigenous males	
Less than 1	1,877	326	1,727	858	301	237	43	779	6,151	
1-4	7,448	1,450	6,893	3,500	1,289	889	201	2,720	24,400	
5-9	9,624	1,940	9,090	4,511	1,735	1,183	292	3,683	32,065	
10-14	8,704	1,702	7,923	4,349	1,577	1,269	203	3,417	29,152	
15-19	6,899	1,429	6,272	3,355	1,354	982	210	3,007	23,526	
20-24	5,250	1,115	4,943	2,667	1,031	658	170	2,758	18,600	
25-29	4,963	1,117	4,819	2,711	1,035	563	186	2,669	18,069	
30-34	4,642	1,038	4,433	2,483	969	551	166	2,274	16,566	
35-39	4,271	856	3,905	2,174	852	520	133	1,895	14,612	
40-44	3,787	767	3,296	1,759	715	506	132	1,500	12,471	
45-49	3,031	630	2,545	1,432	557	437	100	1,194	9,933	
50-54	2,333	529	2,044	1,031	420	325	54	872	7,611	
55-59	1,714	316	1,229	688	291	223	32	593	5,089	
60-64	1,223	216	869	488	183	154	18	463	3,623	
65-69	820	147	673	342	122	109	12	262	2,489	
70-74	428	90	402	229	91	55	1	177	1,473	
75 or more	418	131	463	304	82	57	10	229	1,696	
Total males	67,432	13,799	61,526	32,881	12,604	8,718	1,963	28,492	227,526	
Indigenous females	
Less than 1	1,314	277	1,187	630	284	192	43	563	4,501	
1-4	7,553	1,540	7,282	3,527	1,341	876	222	2,807	25,152	
5-9	9,026	1,830	8,547	4,194	1,677	1,116	248	3,314	29,967	
10-14	8,155	1,698	7,504	3,992	1,549	1,090	238	3,066	27,304	
15-19	6,616	1,372	6,268	3,287	1,317	1,016	202	2,966	23,053	
20-24	4,942	1,111	5,429	2,752	1,020	702	178	2,664	18,809	
25-29	5,374	1,148	5,581	2,736	1,072	608	171	2,644	19,349	
30-34	5,165	1,112	5,158	2,686	1,017	630	179	2,342	18,296	
35-39	4,703	944	4,430	2,307	904	594	137	2,039	16,065	
40-44	3,929	793	3,485	1,821	775	572	126	1,605	13,114	
45-49	3,096	637	2,819	1,524	579	401	88	1,276	10,425	
50-54	2,472	516	2,167	1,128	445	290	42	954	8,018	
55-59	1,651	340	1,477	743	291	176	36	644	5,363	
60-64	1,233	245	1,129	587	255	163	18	550	4,185	
65-69	901	170	733	426	156	88	6	377	2,859	
70-74	615	129	514	288	121	72	5	236	1,981	
75 or more	711	185	674	422	137	80	7	336	2,553	
Total females	67,456	14,047	64,384	33,050	12,940	8,666	1,946	28,383	230,994	
Total Indigenous persons	134,888	27,846	125,910	65,931	25,544	17,384	3,909	56,875	458,520	

Note: Data are final estimates. The data for 'Australia' include 'Federally Administered Territories'.

Source: ABS, Experimental Estimates and Projections, Indigenous Australians, cat. no. 3101.0.

Table P2: Australians (estimated resident populations), by sex, age and state/territory, 30 June 2004
Age group (years)	NSW	Vic	Qld	WA	SA	Tas	ACT	NT	Australia	
Males	
Less than 1	44,438	31,839	25,111	12,838	8,892	3,003	2,123	1,899	130,160	
1-4	174,720	124,579	103,301	50,862	36,474	12,591	8,123	7,139	517,895	
5-9	226,431	164,517	137,293	68,610	49,206	16,583	10,694	8,649	682,106	
10-14	235,661	170,638	143,845	72,361	51,728	17,728	11,280	8,458	711,825	
15-19	232,188	170,511	140,153	74,093	53,191	17,523	12,097	7,673	707,528	
20-24	234,633	178,675	141,792	72,358	52,873	15,582	14,586	8,621	719,208	
25-29	230,151	171,737	130,459	67,579	48,460	13,220	12,840	8,652	683,157	
30-34	255,226	189,195	144,677	74,505	53,589	15,043	12,742	9,301	754,384	
35-39	241,135	182,799	137,424	73,115	54,261	15,597	11,881	8,737	725,037	
40-44	258,356	187,251	146,423	77,625	58,622	18,058	12,072	8,650	767,179	
45-49	236,760	174,081	136,049	72,711	55,160	17,727	11,342	7,134	711,073	
50-54	217,792	158,392	127,159	67,280	51,725	16,693	10,974	6,752	656,895	
55-59	201,565	145,369	120,074	60,332	48,263	15,486	9,702	5,246	606,115	
60-64	153,533	110,507	90,054	44,008	36,189	12,305	6,302	3,559	456,517	
65-69	125,608	90,604	70,237	34,739	30,007	9,965	4,583	2,050	367,833	
70-74	104,107	75,863	55,080	27,023	25,478	8,013	3,421	1,208	300,211	
75-79	86,460	62,785	43,910	21,265	22,543	6,487	2,797	813	247,065	
80-84	54,730	39,575	27,623	13,148	14,341	3,943	1,783	371	155,521	
85 or more	33,122	24,230	17,158	8,000	8,771	2,371	911	261	94,832	
Total males	3,346,616	2,453,147	1,937,822	992,452	759,773	237,918	160,253	105,173	9,994,541	
Females	
Less than 1	41,911	30,369	23,839	12,335	8,551	2,802	2,081	1,793	123,690	
1-4	164,875	119,514	97,908	48,754	34,876	11,791	7,911	6,777	492,536	
5-9	215,385	155,497	130,317	64,964	46,948	15,894	10,279	7,991	647,391	
10-14	222,968	162,619	136,292	68,912	49,157	16,710	10,696	7,854	675,348	
15-19	221,368	164,436	133,512	70,573	50,356	16,768	11,752	6,979	675,855	
20-24	224,525	173,615	135,494	68,822	49,639	14,697	13,713	7,254	687,815	
25-29	228,110	170,685	129,362	65,634	45,543	13,394	12,583	8,104	673,487	
30-34	258,207	195,658	146,757	73,335	52,520	16,167	12,921	9,089	764,747	
35-39	242,062	187,678	141,277	73,293	53,715	16,585	12,194	7,933	734,843	
40-44	256,825	191,005	149,941	77,574	58,782	18,837	12,756	7,552	773,382	
45-49	238,463	177,627	138,032	73,430	56,040	17,958	12,305	6,689	720,661	
50-54	218,199	163,421	127,747	66,815	53,180	16,958	11,636	5,788	663,826	
55-59	197,548	146,460	116,170	57,130	49,095	15,574	9,807	4,178	596,014	
60-64	150,936	110,540	86,350	42,299	36,448	12,068	6,399	2,657	447,738	
65-69	129,692	95,681	68,773	35,033	31,785	10,058	4,837	1,533	377,414	
70-74	113,879	83,912	57,205	29,082	28,399	8,634	3,777	1,010	325,913	
75-79	106,355	78,366	51,691	25,354	28,054	7,788	3,441	717	301,772	
80-84	81,407	60,010	39,201	19,206	21,830	6,141	2,580	476	230,853	
85 or more	71,964	52,539	34,347	17,207	19,559	5,386	2,100	366	203,471	
Total females	3,384,679	2,519,632	1,944,215	989,752	774,477	244,210	163,768	94,740	10,116,756	
Total persons	6,731,295	4,972,779	3,882,037	1,982,204	1,534,250	482,128	324,021	199,913	20,111,297	

Note: Data are preliminary estimates. The data for 'Australia' include 'Federally Administered Territories'. Source: ABS. Australian Demographic Statistics, cat. no. 3101.0.