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组成：

精选DSS支付数据按以下维度划分：
* 地理维度：州/领地、选区、邮政编码、地方政府区域（Local Government Area, LGA）以及2015年起新增的统计区域2级（Statistical Area 2, SA2）
* 人口统计维度：年龄、性别、原住民/非原住民
* 受助时长（工作年龄群体与养老金群体）
* 收入支持受助时长（工作年龄、照料者津贴及残障支持养老金群体）
* 支付费率（工作年龄群体与养老金群体）
* 收入情况（工作年龄群体与养老金群体）
* 年龄养老金资产相关数据
* 求职者津贴（JobSeeker Payment）与青年补助金（其他类）的主要照料者数据
* 按部分工作能力划分的经活动测试受助者（NSA、PPS及YAO）
* 3、6及12个月内退出受助的情况（涵盖新开始津贴/求职者津贴、育儿津贴、疾病津贴及青年补助金）
* 按医疗状况划分的残障支持养老金受助者数据
* 按医疗状况划分的照料受助者数据

2017年3月起，新增按支付类型与收入单元类型划分的联邦租金援助（Commonwealth Rent Assistance）数据。如需了解联邦租金援助与收入单元的更多信息，请参见数据集中附带的数据说明与术语表。

2022年12月起，《DSS扩展福利与受助者人口统计——季度数据》出版物新增了收入支持受助者的报告群体范围：求职者津贴与特别福利的报告群体新增了当前受助但支付费率为零以及被暂停支付的受助者；ABSTUDY、Austudy、育儿津贴及青年补助金的报告群体新增了被暂停支付的受助者。扩展报告将在2023年6月后取代标准报告。

DSS扩展福利与受助者人口统计——季度数据的额外补充内容包括：
• 新增目录页，帮助用户在电子表格中快速定位所需信息
• 在「按费率划分的支付」工作表中新增「暂停受助」群体数据，方便用户按旧报告规则进行计算
• 在「按收入免税额划分的就业收入」工作表中补充相关信息

2022年12月起，澳大利亚服务部（Services Australia）对中央福利金支付系统进行更新，支持识别出生/婴儿时期指定性别之外的性别，或既非男性也非女性的性别。为保护个人隐私并符合保密政策要求，在该更新实施后的初期阶段，身份为「非二元性别」的受助者将暂时归入「女性」组别。部门将持续监控该变更的影响，待隐私与保密相关考量允许后，将正式发布「非二元性别」分类。

2023年6月起，以下地理区域边界已更新为对应版本的澳大利亚统计地理标准（Australian Statistical Geography Standard, ASGS）：
* 地方政府区域（LGA）：适配ASGS 2022边界
* 联邦选举选区：适配ASGS 2021边界
* 统计区域2级（SA2）：适配ASGS 2021边界

2021年12月起，报告新增以下内容：
* 按工作能力、多维度人口统计细分的精选支付数据
* 租赁类型与房屋所有权情况
* 按支付类型划分的家庭税福利受助者及子女数据
* 按最高可申领费率占比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
如需了解更多信息，请参见术语表。

2021年6月起，育儿带薪休假计划（Paid Parental Leave Scheme）的数据将在每年6月的发布版本中纳入，涵盖育儿津贴（Parental Leave Pay）及父亲与伴侣津贴（Dad and Partner Pay），包含多维度细分项。如需了解更多信息，请参见术语表。

2017年3月起，DSS人口统计数据集新增出生国家排名前25位的相关数据，如需了解更多信息，请参见术语表。

2016年3月起，包含三类地理细分的机器可读文件已同步发布，用于国家地图项目，相关数据集链接如下：
* [统计区域2级（SA2）](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/dss-payments-by-statistical-area-2)
* [联邦选举选区（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：

精选DSS支付数据按以下维度划分：
* 地理维度：州/领地、选区、邮政编码及地方政府区域（LGA）
* 人口统计维度：年龄、性别、原住民/非原住民

**备注**：求职者津贴（JobSeeker Payment）自2020年3月20日起取代新开始津贴（Newstart Allowance）及其他工作年龄相关支付项目，更多详情请参见：https://www.dss.gov.au/benefits-payments/jobseeker-payment

对于2013年6月及更早的DSS支付人口统计数据，部门已发布年度编制的数据。该数据按支付类型提供，包含时间序列、州、性别、年龄区间及其他多维度人口统计细分项，相关出版物链接如下：
* [统计论文系列](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月及6月季度的优惠卡数据已进行重述，以修正报告持卡人数的重复统计问题。

2024年6月28日——2024年3月及2023年12月的报告已重新发布，更新了「按医疗状况划分的照料受助者」模块内容，仅针对「照料付款受助者的照料受助者」表格中「智力/学习障碍」及「循环系统疾病」两类病症的数据进行了更新。