Australia’s welfare 2019: data insights
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Topic: Australia's welfare
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2019) Australia’s welfare 2019: data insights, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026, doi:10.25816/5d5e14e6778df.
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Australia’s welfare 2019: data insights presents an overview of the welfare data landscape and explores selected welfare topics – including intergenerational disadvantage, income support, future of work, disability services, elder abuse and child wellbeing – in 8 original articles.
Australia’s welfare 2019 is the 14th biennial welfare report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
More recent information on Australia's welfare is now available.
- ISSN: 2651-9771
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-563-5
- DOI: 10.25816/5d5e14e6778df
- Cat. no: AUS 226
- Pages: 214
Findings from this report:
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2.3 million people aged 18–64 received income support in 2018, down from 2.6 million in 1999
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In 2016 income support receipt among Indigenous Australians aged 15–64 was 56% in Remote and very remote areas
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Elder abuse affects between 2% and 14% of older Australians
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10.6% of jobs are at high risk of automation and a further 25% may change substantially in the way work is done