Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas
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The Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) website provides a detailed data set comparing the relative social and economic conditions of cities, towns and suburbs across Australia as well as accompanying explanatory material and analysis.
SEIFA is calculated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics using data from the 2006 Census. There are four indexes, each focusing on a different aspect of the socioeconomic conditions of the people living in an area. The four indexes are:
1. The Index of Relative Socio-Economic Advantage and Disadvantage, providing a continuum of advantage to disadvantage.
2. The Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage, focusing on disadvantage and derived from variables such as low income, low educational achievement, unemployment, and households without motor vehicles.
3. The Index of Economic Resources, focusing on the financial aspects of advantage and disadvantage including residents' incomes, assets and housing expenditure.
4. The Index of Education and Occupation, relating to educational attainment, employment and vocational skills.
The ABS cautions on the accompanying media release that socio-economic status is complicated and difficult to capture, and that socio-economic conditions of individuals living in any one area will vary. The media release also includes listings of the most advantaged and disadvantaged local government areas (for States and Territories) and statistical government areas (for metropolitan areas) for each State, Territory and capital city, from the Index of Relative Socio-Economic Advantage and Disadvantage.
The current SEIFA data is from the 2006 Census, but 2001 data is also still available.