Partnerships

The data for this section is taken from processed tax returns, based on income year reporting.

This section has been broken down into the following parts:

• Partnerships summary table – the data most users want
• Partnerships detailed tables – more complex data.

Partnerships summary table

Table 16: Partnership total business income (TBI), by size, 2014–15 to 2016–17 income years

Partnership size (see definition)	2014–15		2015–16		2016–17
	Partnerships (no.)	TBI ($m)	Partnerships (no.)	TBI ($m)	Partnerships (no.)	TBI ($m)
Loss	160	−33	153	−40	124	−5
Nil	65,737	0	64,524	0	62,627	0
Micro	255,963	57,570	247,874	56,421	237,720	54,576
Small	7,638	28,983	7,646	29,235	7,860	29,934
Medium	1,018	24,244	1,065	25,288	1,117	26,946
Large	61	9,340	58	8,862	58	9,120
Very large	43	27,261	40	25,785	40	27,483
Total	330,620	147,365	321,360	145,552	309,546	148,053

To access this data in Excel format, as well as similar data back to the 2003–04 income year, download Snapshot table 4External Link from data.gov.au.

Partnerships detailed tables

Table indexExternal Link: Detailed tables index

The table index lists the different items shown in the detailed tables and specifies in which table they appear.

Table 1External Link: Selected items, for 1990–91 to 2016–17 income years

Table 1A shows selected items, for income years 1990–91 to 2016–17.

Table 1B shows selected counts, averages and medians, for income years 2013–14 to 2016–17.

Table 2External Link: Selected items, by net Australian income, 2010–11 to 2016–17 income years

Table 2A shows selected items, by net Australian income, 2016–17 income year.

Table 2B shows selected items, by net Australian income, 2010–11 to 2016–17 income years.

Table 3External Link: Selected items, by broad and fine industry, 2016–17 income year

Table 4External Link: Selected items, by entity size and by broad industry, 2016–17 income year