In 2020, during the COVID-19 crisis, 28.9 percent of of people who received the Government stimulus payment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia added the money to their savings. Just over a quarter of the payment recipients used it to pay household bills.
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Main use of the COVID-19 government stimulus payment in Australia in 2020, by spending purpose
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (August 10, 2020). Main use of the COVID-19 government stimulus payment in Australia in 2020, by spending purpose [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153922/australia-main-use-of-coronavirus-government-stimulus-payment/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Main use of the COVID-19 government stimulus payment in Australia in 2020, by spending purpose." Chart. August 10, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153922/australia-main-use-of-coronavirus-government-stimulus-payment/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2020). Main use of the COVID-19 government stimulus payment in Australia in 2020, by spending purpose. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153922/australia-main-use-of-coronavirus-government-stimulus-payment/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Main Use of The Covid-19 Government Stimulus Payment in Australia in 2020, by Spending Purpose." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153922/australia-main-use-of-coronavirus-government-stimulus-payment/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Main use of the COVID-19 government stimulus payment in Australia in 2020, by spending purpose Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153922/australia-main-use-of-coronavirus-government-stimulus-payment/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Main use of the COVID-19 government stimulus payment in Australia in 2020, by spending purpose [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, August 10, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1153922/australia-main-use-of-coronavirus-government-stimulus-payment/