The Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) rank areas according to their relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage using 2021 Census data. This layer presents data by Suburbs and Localities (SAL), 2021.

SEIFA 2021 consists of four indexes:

• The Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD)
• The Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage (IRSD)
• The Index of Education and Occupation (IEO)
• The Index of Economic Resources (IER)

For detailed information on how to use the SEIFA data, please refer to the SEIFA 2021 Technical Paper.

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Data and geography references
Source data publication: Census of Population and Housing: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), Australia
Geographic boundary information: Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3
Further information: Census of Population and Housing: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), Australia, Data downloads
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)