DSS Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics - quarterly data

The DSS Payment Demographic data set is made up of:\r\n\r\nSelected DSS payment data by \r\n\r\n* Geography: state/territory, electorate, postcode, LGA and SA2 (for 2015 onwards)\r\n\r\n* Demographic: age, sex and Indigenous/non-Indigenous \r\n\r\n* Duration on Payment (Working Age & Pensions)\r\n\r\n* Duration on Income Support (Working Age, Carer payment & Disability Support Pension)\r\n\r\n* Rate (Working Age & Pensions)\r\n\r\n* Earnings (Working Age & Pensions)\r\n\r\n* Age Pension assets data \r\n\r\n* JobSeeker Payment and Youth Allowance (other) Principal Carers\r\n\r\n* Activity Tested Recipients by Partial Capacity to Work (NSA,PPS & YAO)\r\n\r\n* Exits within 3, 6 and 12 months (Newstart Allowance/JobSeeker Payment, Parenting Payment, Sickness Allowance & Youth Allowance)\r\n\r\n* Disability Support Pension by medical condition\r\n\r\n* Care Receiver by medical conditions\r\n\r\n* 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.\r\n\r\nFrom 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.\r\nThe expanded report will replace the standard report after June 2023.\r\n\r\nAdditional data for DSS Expanded Benefit and Payment Recipient Demographics – quarterly data includes:\r\n\r\n• A new contents page to assist users locate the information within the spreadsheet\r\n\r\n• Additional data for the ‘Suspended’ population in the ‘Payment by Rate’ tab to enable users to calculate the old reporting rules.\r\n\r\n• Additional information on the Employment Earning by ‘Income Free Area’ tab.\r\n \r\n\r\nFrom 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. \r\nTo 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.\r\nThe Department will monitor the implications of this change and will publish the ‘non-binary’ gender category as soon as privacy and confidentialisation considerations allow.\r\n\r\n\r\nLocal Government Area has been updated to reflect the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2022 boundaries from June 2023.\r\n\r\nCommonwealth Electorate Division has been updated to reflect the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2021 boundaries from June 2023.\r\n\r\nSA2 has been updated to reflect the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2021 boundaries from June 2023. \r\n\r\nFrom December 2021, the following are included in the report:\r\n\r\n* selected payments by work capacity, by various demographic breakdowns\r\n\r\n* rental type and homeownership\r\n\r\n* Family Tax Benefit recipients and children by payment type\r\n\r\n* Commonwealth Rent Assistance by proportion eligible for the maximum rate\r\n\r\n* an age breakdown for Age Pension recipients\r\n\r\nFor further information, please see the Glossary.\r\n\r\nFrom 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. \r\n\r\nFrom March 2017 the DSS demographic dataset will include top 25 countries of birth. For further information see the glossary.\r\n\r\nFrom 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:\r\n\r\n* [Statistical Area 2 - SA2](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dss-payments-by-statistical-area-2)\r\n\r\n* [Commonwealth Electoral Division - CED](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dss-payments-by-commonwealth-electoral-division)\r\n\r\n* [Local Government Area - LGA](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dss-payments-by-local-government-area)\r\n\r\nPre June 2014 Quarter Data contains:\r\n\r\nSelected DSS payment data by \r\n\r\n* Geography: state/territory; electorate; postcode and LGA\r\n\r\n* Demographic: age, sex and Indigenous/non-Indigenous \r\n\r\nNote: 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\r\n\r\nFor data on DSS payment demographics as at June 2013 or earlier, the department has published data which was produced annually. \r\nData is provided by payment type containing timeseries’, state, gender, age range, and various other demographics. Links to these publications are below: \r\n\r\n* [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)\r\n\r\nConcession card data in the March and June 2020 quarters have been re-stated to address an over-count in reported cardholder numbers.\r\n\r\n28/06/2024 – 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.

DSS支付人口统计数据集由以下内容构成：

按以下维度筛选的DSS支付数据：
* 地理维度：州/领地、选举区、邮政编码、地方政府区域（Local Government Area，LGA）以及统计区域2（Statistical Area 2，SA2，2015年起适用）
* 人口统计维度：年龄、性别以及原住民/非原住民
* 领取津贴时长（劳动年龄人群及养老金领取者）
* 领取收入支持时长（劳动年龄人群、护理津贴及残障支持养老金（Disability Support Pension）领取者）
* 津贴发放标准（劳动年龄人群及养老金领取者）
* 收入情况（劳动年龄人群及养老金领取者）
* 年龄养老金资产数据
* 求职者津贴（JobSeeker Payment）与青年津贴（Youth Allowance，其他类别）主护理者相关数据
* 部分劳动能力受活动测试约束的受助者（NSA、PPS及YAO受助者）
* 3、6及12个月内退出受助状态的受助者（新起点津贴（Newstart Allowance）/求职者津贴、育儿津贴（Parenting Payment）、疾病津贴（Sickness Allowance）及青年津贴受助者）
* 按病症类型划分的残障支持养老金受助者
* 按病症类型划分的护理接受者
* 自2017年3月起新增联邦租金援助（Commonwealth Rent Assistance）数据，按津贴类型及收入单元类型（Income Unit type）划分。如需了解联邦租金援助与收入单元的更多信息，请参阅数据集中附带的数据说明与术语表。

自2022年12月起，《DSS扩展福利与支付受助者人口统计——季度数据》出版物扩展了收入支持受助者的统计报告覆盖人群。因此，求职者津贴与特别津贴（Special Benefit）的统计覆盖人群新增了当前处于受助状态但领取额度为零，以及津贴暂停发放的受助者；ABSTUDY津贴（ABSTUDY）、成人学生津贴（Austudy）、育儿津贴及青年津贴的统计覆盖人群新增了津贴暂停发放的受助者。该扩展报告将于2023年6月后取代标准报告。

DSS扩展福利与支付受助者人口统计——季度数据的新增内容包括：
• 新增目录页，方便用户在电子表格中定位所需信息
• ‘按发放标准划分的津贴’工作表中新增暂停发放受助者的相关数据，便于用户按原统计规则开展计算
• ‘按收入豁免区域划分的就业收入’工作表中新增更多信息

自2022年12月起，澳大利亚服务部（Services Australia）对Centrelink支付系统进行了更新，支持登记出生时/婴儿期指定性别之外的性别，或非单一男性/女性的性别。为保护个人隐私并遵守保密政策，在该政策实施初期，‘非二元性别（non-binary）’受助者将暂时归入‘女性’组别。部门将持续监控该政策变更的影响，并在符合隐私与保密要求的前提下，尽快单独发布‘非二元性别’分类数据。

自2023年6月起，地方政府区域（LGA）已更新为澳大利亚统计地理标准（Australian Statistical Geography Standard，ASGS）2022版边界；联邦选举区已更新为ASGS 2021版边界；统计区域2（SA2）已更新为ASGS 2021版边界。

自2021年12月起，本报告新增以下内容：
* 按劳动能力及多个人口统计维度划分的选定支付数据
* 租赁类型与房屋所有权情况
* 按津贴类型划分的家庭税务福利（Family Tax Benefit）受助者及子女数据
* 按最高额度申领资格比例划分的联邦租金援助数据
* 年龄养老金受助者的年龄细分数据
如需更多信息，请参阅术语表。

自2021年6月起，带薪育儿假计划（Paid Parental Leave Scheme）相关数据将在每年6月发布的报告中纳入，涵盖育儿假津贴（Parental Leave Pay）与父亲及伴侣津贴（Dad and Partner Pay）的多维度细分数据。如需更多信息，请参阅术语表。

自2017年3月起，DSS人口统计数据集将新增出生国前25位的相关数据。如需更多信息，请参阅术语表。

自2016年3月起，包含三类地理维度细分的机器可读文件也已发布，可用于国家地图（National Map）平台，相关数据集链接如下：
* [统计区域2 - SA2](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dss-payments-by-statistical-area-2)
* [联邦选举区 - CED](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dss-payments-by-commonwealth-electoral-division)
* [地方政府区域 - LGA](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dss-payments-by-local-government-area)

2014年6月之前的季度数据包含以下内容：
按以下维度筛选的DSS支付数据：
* 地理维度：州/领地、选举区、邮政编码及地方政府区域（LGA）
* 人口统计维度：年龄、性别以及原住民/非原住民

注：求职者津贴（JobSeeker Payment）自2020年3月20日起取代新起点津贴（Newstart Allowance）及其他劳动年龄人群津贴，如需更多详情，请参阅：https://www.dss.gov.au/benefits-payments/jobseeker-payment

如需2013年6月及更早的DSS支付人口统计数据，部门已发布年度统计数据。该数据按津贴类型划分，包含时间序列、州别、性别、年龄区间及其他多个人口统计维度。相关出版物链接如下：
* [统计论文系列（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)

2020年3月与6月季度的优惠卡（Concession Card）数据已重新修正，以解决此前报告的持卡人数计数超额问题。

2024年6月28日——2024年3月与2023年12月的报告已重新发布，更新了‘按病症类型划分的护理接受者’板块内容，仅针对‘护理津贴（Carer Payment）受助者的护理接受者’表格中‘智力/学习障碍’与‘循环系统疾病’两类病症的数据进行了更新。