Social Protection Statistics in Australia

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Population aged 65+

18.1%+0.4 pp vs 2024

People receiving government transfers

45.21+14.4% vs 2017

Catastrophic spending risk for surgery

0.10.0% vs 2020

People receiving government transfers, women

50.09+12.4% vs 2017

Impoverishing spending risk for surgery

0.10.0% vs 2020

Disability and sickness benefits

1.2%−0.1 pp vs 2021

All Social Protection datasets for Australia (51)

Dataset	Source
Received government transfer (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+14.4%
Received government transfer, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+12.4%
Received government transfer or pension (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+16.9%
Received government transfer or pension, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+12.1%
Received government transfer or pension, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+22.8%
Received government transfer or pension: into an account (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+22.3%
Received government transfer or pension: into an account, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+18.2%
Received government transfer or pension: into an account, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+27.5%
Received government transfer or pension: into bank or similar financial institution account (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+22.6%
Received government transfer or pension: into bank or similar financial institution account, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+18.2%
Received a public sector pension (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+2.1%
Received a public sector pension, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	−0.5%
Received a public sector pension, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+5.1%
Received government payments (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+10.3%
Received government payments, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+7.1%
Received government payments, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+14.1%
Received government payments: into an account (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+12.3%
Received government payments: into an account, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+9.1%
Received government payments: into an account, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+16.1%
Received government payments: into a bank or similar financial institution account (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+12.5%
Received government payments: into a bank or similar financial institution account, women (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+9.2%
Received government transfer, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+16.4%
Received government payments: into a bank or similar financial institution account, men (% age 15+) Gender Statistics	Gender Statistics	+16.4%
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	0%
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) World Development Indicators	World Development Indicators	0%
Household indicators dashboard – indicator view OECD	OECD	−127.8%
Social insurance pensions International Transfer OECD	OECD	+43.6%
Social insurance pensions OECD	OECD	+43.6%
Sustainable Development Goal 01 - No poverty OECD	OECD	+5.2%
Demographic and economic context OECD	OECD	−0.2%
Design of pension systems OECD	OECD	–
Income and poverty of older people OECD	OECD	–
Pensions at a glance OECD	OECD	+0.2%
Pension replacement rates OECD	OECD	–
Pension wealth OECD	OECD	–
Structure of asset-backed pensions OECD	OECD	0%
Pension plan membership OECD	OECD	−0.2%
Operating costs of asset-backed pensions OECD	OECD	0%
Benefit payments and contributions to asset-backed pensions OECD	OECD	+5.9%
Assets earmarked for retirement OECD	OECD	+4.2%
Asset allocation of pension funds and other pension providers OECD	OECD	+8.5%
Net total social expenditure in % GDP OECD	OECD	−12.6%
Public expenditure on disability and sickness cash benefits in % GDP OECD	OECD	−7.7%
Public expenditure on family by type of expenditure (cash and in kind) in % GDP OECD	OECD	−11.1%
Public expenditure on old-age and survivors cash benefits in % GDP OECD	OECD	−5.6%
Population pushed further below the $3.65 a day poverty line by household health expenditures (%, national, rural, urban) WHO	WHO	−0
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $1.90 a-day poverty line (%) WHO	WHO	0
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $2.15 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban) WHO	WHO	0
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $3.20 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban) WHO	WHO	0
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of the $3.65 a-day poverty line (%, national, rural, urban) WHO	WHO	0
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of a relative poverty line - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (%, national, rural, urban) WHO	WHO	+5.9%

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