Baseline report
Data as at March 2024
This report provides sources and reference points for each indicator and measure listed in the reporting framework of Working for Women: A Strategy for Gender Equality. As a baseline, this is a point-in-time data and reference set on the status of gender equality in Australia at the time of the Strategy's release on 7 March 2024.
This report lists the data the Government will monitor to assess the impact of Working for Women and progress towards gender equality over the next 10 years. These data points have been selected in order to track progress against the ambitions of Working for Women and provide insight into the experiences of women and men in Australia. This baseline report will inform the mid-point review of Working for Women to be conducted in 2029.
Data sources used in this report are reported on different cycles from monthly through to every five years. Some data sources are updated on an ad hoc basis. The mid-point review will include the release of a mid-point update to the baseline to track change towards gender equality. Data measures and sources may also be added over time where more appropriate data sets emerge.
Where available, the data includes disaggregated data for First Nations people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disability, people of different ages, and LGBTIQA+ people. There are limitations to this data in some cases, particularly where there are small population or sample sizes. The Government will work to improve data to help inform better outcomes for all Australians.
In addition to this report and the mid-point review, the Government will continue to release Status of Women Report Cards annually, highlighting key statistics across the priority areas of Working for Women.
Where indicators are informed by targets from existing strategies, time frames and target levels have been included in this report. The remaining indicators outline directional goals, but are not targets with specific time frames.
Priority area 3. Economic equality and security: Close the gender pay gap and retirement income gender gap
| Ref. | Indicator | Measure | Baseline (2024) |
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| 3.5.1 | Women and men's access to homelessness services | The number of specialist homelessness services delivered |
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| 3.5.1 | Women and men's access to homelessness services | The number of unmet specialist homelessness services requests |
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| 3.5.2 | Access to social housing | The number of households in social housing programs |
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| 3.5.3 | Proportion of women and men living in housing owned outright, owned with a mortgage, rented, or under other tenure arrangements | Proportion of women and men living in housing owned outright, owned with a mortgage, rented, or under other tenure arrangements |
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| 3.5.4 | Affordability of housing for women and men | Housing costs as a proportion of household income (ABS) |
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| 3.5.4 | Affordability of housing for women and men | The ratio of the average residential dwelling price to women’s and men’s average annual income |
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| 3.5.5 | Women and men's satisfaction with social housing services | Of women who are social housing tenants, the percentage who are satisfied or very satisfied with services provided by the housing organisation |
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| 3.5.6 | Women and men's experiences of homelessness and other marginal housing | The rate of homelessness among women and men, by type |
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