The Latest Breaking News from HILDA

Housing stress is on the rise: 7 essential charts from this year’s HILDA survey

Every year, one of Australia’s biggest longitudinal surveys provides a range of insights on how the nation is changing.

The Conversation · Sep 23

Many Australians are overqualified for their jobs – which comes at a price, new data shows

Close to half of Australians believe they have more education than their job requires, a dynamic that is associated with lower job and life satisfaction.

The Conversation · Sep 23

Half of young Australian adults now live with their parents – and it’s not hard to see why

Housing costs are up with renters worst affected and financial stress is also growing, according to the largest survey of its type

The Guardian - AU · Sep 23

The Hilda survey reveals key insights into Australians’ lives. Here are five things we learned

From incomes and retirement to stress levels, the decades-long study provides snapshot of how we live our lives

The Guardian - AU · Sep 18, 2025

Nearly one in three single-parent households in Australia live in poverty, Hilda report shows

Group nearly three times more likely to be in poverty than two-parent households, statistical report finds

The Guardian - AU · Sep 18, 2025

Australian women are doing 50% more housework than men. It’s creating ‘volcanic levels of resentment’

Australia and New Zealand rank third highest globally for unpaid domestic work done by women, according to UN data from 2023

The Guardian - AU · Mar 6, 2025

Rich getting richer: wealth divide hits record high

Australia's wealth divide reached its worst level in more than two decades, after excluding a temporary narrowing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

AAP · Mar 6, 2025

HILDA data shows income inequality is at a 20-year high

The 19th annual report from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey was released today.

The Conversation · Mar 6, 2025

Morning Mail: Australia’s domestic divide, Queensland on edge as Alfred nears, Ukraine cut off from intel

Men aren’t doing any more housework than they were 20 years ago, survey finds

The Guardian - AU · Mar 5, 2025

Australian men doing no more housework than they were 20 years ago – still 50% less than women

Men do an average of 12.8 hours a week, while women do 18.4 hours, Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia report finds

The Guardian - AU · Mar 5, 2025