SDAC: Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers • fplida

Information about people with a disability, people aged 65 and over, and their carers.

Describes disability, ageing and caring topics, populations, hierarchical files and data item lists.

Dataset summary

Asset: PLIDA
Collection: survey
Supplier: ABS
Custodian: ABS
Reference period: 2018, 2022
Update frequency: Follows ABS publication
Products: 11
Tables: 20
Unique variables: 2,810
Variable occurrences: 5,769
Metadata source: PLIDA Data Item List, 19 March 2026
Official information: ABS disability microdata

Products and tables

SDAC has 11 products covering 20 tables.

Product	Tables	Variables
`madip-ge-080101d-sdac2018-sdac18outass-2018`	1	84
`madip-ge-080102d-sdac2018-sdac18outbac-2018`	1	90
`madip-ge-080103d-sdac2018-sdac18outcon-2018`	1	79
`madip-ge-080104d-sdac2018-sdac18outfam-2018`	1	113
`madip-ge-080105d-sdac2018-sdac18outhou-2018`	1	111
`madip-ge-080106d-sdac2018-sdac18outinc-2018`	1	95
`madip-ge-080107d-sdac2018-sdac18outper-2018`	1	2,157
`madip-ge-080108d-sdac2018-sdac18outrec-2018`	1	95
`madip-ge-080109d-sdac2018-sdac18outres-2018`	1	86
`madip-ge-080110d-sdac2018-sdac18outsac-2018`	1	80
`madipge-sdac-d-survey-2022`	10	2,239

Variables

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