In fiscal year 2018, around 72.8 percent of households in Australia had some form of debt, including mortgages, investment loans, credit card debt, borrowings from other households and other personal and study loans.
Share of households with debt in Australia from financial year 2004 to 2018
Australia's financial year runs from July of one year to June of the following year; for example, financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017
Supplementary notes
The source defines debt as liabilities; primarily the value of loans outstanding including mortgages, investment loans, credit card debt, borrowings from other households and other personal and study loans.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (July 12, 2019). Share of households with debt in Australia from financial year 2004 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 11, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1027539/australia-share-of-households-with-liabilities/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Share of households with debt in Australia from financial year 2004 to 2018." Chart. July 12, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 11, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1027539/australia-share-of-households-with-liabilities/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2019). Share of households with debt in Australia from financial year 2004 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 11, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1027539/australia-share-of-households-with-liabilities/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Share of Households with Debt in Australia from Financial Year 2004 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1027539/australia-share-of-households-with-liabilities/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Share of households with debt in Australia from financial year 2004 to 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1027539/australia-share-of-households-with-liabilities/ (last visited July 11, 2020)
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