Key Indicators

Population clock 24,274,886 1 new person every 1 minute and 29 seconds Consumer price index 1.3% September quarter 2016 All groups, original Gross domestic product 0.5% Quarterly change Jun 2016 Chain volume measure, seasonally adjusted Average weekly earnings $1,516.00 May 2016 Full time adults ordinary time, trend estimate Unemployment rate 5.6% Oct 2016 Monthly, trend estimate
Men's mental health: let's talk about it Men's mental health: let's talk about it Around 1.5 million Australian men (17 per cent) had a self-reported mental or behavioural condition in 2014-15. The most common conditions were anxiety-related conditions and depression.
4727.0.55.008 -Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey: Consumption of Added Sugars, 2012-13 Too much added sugar Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples derive too much energy from free sugars according to the World Health Organization guidelines and consume, on average, around 18 teaspoons (75 grams) of free sugars per day, four teaspoons more than non-Indigenous people.

Interesting Fact

11.6 million megalitres of water were used on Australian farms in 2013-14