Inequality in Australia: an interactive map of disadvantage

Bureau of Statistics index shows worse-off households in remote and regional areas, with better off in metro areas

The Index of Household Advantage and Disadvantage (IHAD) is an experimental index developed by the ABS to summarise relative socioeconomic advantage and disadvantage for households.

The index is based on census data, and here you can see the percentage of households in each area either in the most disadvantaged group (the lowest quartile of the index), or the percentage of households in the most advantaged group (the highest quartile).

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2VdpfDF
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