Find out about:
- Individuals summary tables and charts, with the data most users want
- Individuals detailed tables, with more complex data
- Individuals postcode maps, for selected items
- Individuals sample files, for advanced users
Individuals summary tables and charts
- Chart 4: Individuals – returns by lodgment type
- Chart 5: Individuals – returns by gender over five years
- Chart 6: Individuals – returns by state or territory
- Table 3: Individuals – selected income items
- Table 4: Individuals – selected deductions
- Table 5: Individuals – selected tax offsets and levies
- Chart 7: Individuals – rental income and deductions over five years
- Table 6: Individuals – interest in a rental property
- Chart 8: Individuals – gifts or donations by state
- Chart 9: Number of individuals and net tax, by tax bracket, 2014–15 income year
- Chart 10: Proportion of HELP debtors by size of debt over five years
- Table 7: Individuals – workplace giving programs
- Chart 11: Median super balance by age and gender
- Chart 12: Super balance by state/territory and gender
- Table 8: Super balance by taxable income
Data for each income year includes data processed up to 31 October of the following year. For example, data for the 2014–15 income year includes data processed up to 31 October 2016.
Chart 4: Individuals – returns by lodgment type, 2014–15 income year
The data for the above chart is available at data.gov.auExternal Link.
Chart 5: Individuals – returns by gender, 2010–11 to 2014–15 income years
The data for the above chart is available at data.gov.auExternal Link.
Chart 6: Individuals – returns by state or territory, 2014–15 income year
The data for the above chart is available at data.gov.auExternal Link.
Total income or loss: components do not add to the total number of taxpayers because taxpayers may declare more than one type of income. Some components of total income are not listed in this table. The count, average and median for total income or loss are calculated including zeroes.
Other deductions: this is the label on the return form and does not include all other deductions from the income tax return not listed in this table.Total deductions: components do not add to the total number of taxpayers claiming deductions because taxpayers may claim more than one type of deduction. Some components of total deductions are not listed in this table. The count, average and median for total deductions are calculated including zeroes.
Chart 7: Individuals – rental income and deductions, 2010–11 to 2014–15 income years
The data for the above chart is available at data.gov.auExternal Link.
Property interests |
2012–13 |
2013–14 |
2014–15 |
---|---|---|---|
1 |
1,405,659 |
1,447,744 |
1,468,601 |
2 |
355,908 |
371,992 |
383,623 |
3 |
107,975 |
114,269 |
118,491 |
4 |
39,406 |
41,547 |
43,297 |
5 |
16,170 |
17,028 |
18,251 |
6 or more |
17,221 |
18,343 |
19,254 |
Total |
1,942,339 |
2,010,923 |
2,051,517 |
An interest in a property means the property is solely owned, jointly owned or part-year owned – for example, bought or sold a property during the year.
Chart 8: Individuals –gifts or donations, by state, 2014–15 income year
The data for the above chart is available at data.gov.auExternal Link.
Chart 9: Number of individuals and net tax, by tax bracket, 2014–15 income year
The data for the above chart is available at data.gov.auExternal Link.
Chart 10: Proportion of HELP debtors by size of debt, 2011–12 to 2015–16 financial years
The data for the above chart is available at data.gov.auExternal Link.
Chart 11: Median super balance, by age and gender, 2014–15 financial year
Note
Only individuals with an account balance greater than zero were included in this chart.
The data for the above chart is available at data.gov.auExternal Link.
Chart 12: Super balance, by state/territory and gender, 2014–15 financial year
NoteOnly individuals with an account balance greater than zero were included in this chart.
The data for the above chart is available at data.gov.auExternal Link.
The sum of those with taxable income ranges does not equal the total shown in other tables as some individuals lodging income tax returns do not have member contribution statements.Only member contribution statements with an account balance greater than zero were included in this table.
Individuals detailed tables
Table indexExternal Link
Individuals detailed tables index
Lists the different items shown in the individuals detailed tables and specifies in which table they appear.
Table 1External Link
Selected items for income years 1978–79 to 2014–15
Shows most items from the individual tax return (including items calculated by the ATO).
A new table (1B) shows counts, averages and medians for most items for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 income years.
Table 2External Link
Selected items for the 2014–15 income year, by:
- lodgment method
- gender
- taxable status
- state/territory
- age range
A new multi-year table (2B) includes key items for the 2010–11 to 2014–15 income years.
Table 3External Link
Selected items for the 2014–15 income year, by:
- gender
- taxable status
- age range
- taxable income range
A new multi-year table (3B) includes key items for the 2010–11 to 2014–15 income years.
Table 4External Link
Selected items for the 2014–15 income year, by:
- gender
- taxable status
- state/territory
- taxable income range
Table 5External Link
Selected items for the 2014–15 income year, by:
- gender
- state/territory
- broad industry
Table 6External Link
Selected items for the 2014–15 income year, by:
- taxable status
- state/territory
- postcode
Table 7External Link
Top and bottom 10 postcodes for the 2014–15 income year:
- based on average taxable income or loss
- for each state/territory
Table 8External Link
Median and average taxable income, 2003–04, 2013–14 and 2014–15 income years, by:
- state/territory
- postcode
Table 9External Link
Selected items for the 2014–15 income year, by industry
Table 10External Link
Selected items for the 2014–15 income year, by:
- taxable income range
- total income or loss range.
A new multi-year table (10B) includes key items for the 2010–11 to 2014–15 income years.
Table 11External Link
Selected items for the 2014–15 income year, by:
- residency status
- lodgment method
Table 12External Link
Selected items for the 2014–15 income year, by:
- taxable status
- residency status
- taxable income range
Table 13External Link
Selected items for the 2014–15 income year, by:
- age range
- residency status
- gender
- tax assessment range
Table 14External Link
Selected items for the 2014–15 income year, by:
- occupation
- gender
- taxable income range – tax brackets (14A, 14D)
- work-related expense range (14C)
A new multi-year table (14D) includes key items for the 2010–11 to 2014–15 income years.
Table 15External Link
Top 10 occupations based on average taxable income, for each state/territory, for the 2014–15 income year
Table 16External Link
Percentile distribution of taxable individuals, for the 2014–15 income year
Shows the totals, averages and medians for selected items by
- percentile distribution on taxable income
- gender
Table 17External Link
Selected items for the 2014–15 income year, for individuals with total business income or loss, by:
- entity size
- broad industry
Table 18External Link
Selected deductions for the 2014–15 income year, by:
- state/territory
- deduction type
- deduction claimed range
Table 19External Link
Selected rental property schedule items, for the 2014–15 income year, by:
- state/territory of property
- net rent position
A new multi-year table (19B) includes key items for the 2012–13 to 2014–15 income years.
Table 20External Link
Number of HELP debtors, as at 30 June 2016, by:
- HELP repayment income
- state/territory
Table 21External Link
Outstanding HELP debt, by size of outstanding balance, 2005–06 to 2015–16 financial years
Table 22External Link
Outstanding HELP debt, by state/territory of residence, 2005–06 to 2015–16 financial years
Table 23External Link
Super fund contributions to APRA funds, 2010–11 to 2014–15 financial years
A new table shows averages and medians for most items for the 2012–13 to 2014–15 income years.
Table 24External Link
Super fund contributions to SMSFs, 2010–11 to 2014–15 financial years
A new table shows averages and medians for most items for the 2012–13 to 2014–15 income years.
Table 25External Link
Super fund contributions, for the 2014–15 financial year, by:
- super total accounts balance range
- taxable income range - tax brackets
- age range
Table 26External Link
Super fund contributions, for the 2014–15 financial year, by:
- age range
- gender
- taxable income range – tax brackets
Table 27External Link
Super fund contributions, for the 2014–15 financial year, by:
- state/territory
- gender
- age range
Table 28External Link
Count, average and median of selected items, by postcode, for the 2014–15 income year:
- taxable income or loss
- salary and wages
- net rent
- total income or loss
- total deductions
- total business income
- total business expenses
- net tax
- super total accounts balance
Individuals postcode maps
Taxation statistics data for the 2014-15 income yearExternal Link is available on NationalMap.
NationalMap provides a common web platform for the visualisation and exploration of open spatial data released by all levels of government.
For the 2014–15 income year, the map will show the average and median of:
- taxable income or loss
- salary and wages
- net rent
- total income or loss
- total deductions
- total business income
- total business expenses
- net tax
- super total accounts balance.
See also:
- About NationalMapExternal Link
- 2011–12 to 2013–14External Link income years on NationalMap.
Individuals sample files
A series of sample files of individual tax return information is available for more advanced users. These files are de-identified in order to protect the identities of individual taxpayers.
For income years 2003–04 to 2010–11, files containing a 1% sample of records are available. From the 2011–12 income year onwards, these files contain a 2% sample of records.
To find out what items are included in the 2014–15 individual sample file, view the Individuals sample file indexExternal Link on data.gov.au.
To request access to the individual sample files, you can email us at taxstats@ato.gov.au.