6523.0 - Household Income and Income Distribution, Australia, 2005-06  
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7 NET WORTH QUINTILE
Household net worth quintile
Household characteristics
Lowest
Second
Third
Fourth
Highest
All
households
Income per week
Gross household income
Mean income $
769
1 173
1 122
1 363
2 098
1 305
Median income $
640
1 054
994
1 214
1 722
1 040
Equivalised disposable household income
Mean income $
445
597
566
642
908
644
Median income $
384
556
513
592
775
563
Mean household net worth $
27 368
160 595
341 745
564 294
1 720 680
562 859
Proportion of households with characteristic
Principal source of household income
Zero or negative income %
*1.0
*0.6
**0.2
*0.3
*0.5
0.5
Wages and salaries %
50.2
68.4
57.1
62.0
58.7
59.3
Own unincorporated business income %
2.7
4.9
6.2
5.4
11.2
6.1
Government pensions and allowances %
43.3
24.2
32.4
24.0
6.7
26.1
Other income %
2.8
1.9
4.1
8.3
22.9
8.0
Total %
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Contribution of government pensions and allowances to gross household income
Nil or less than 1% %
35.0
44.9
35.6
40.2
63.0
43.7
1% to less than 20% %
9.8
21.2
22.4
25.2
22.6
20.2
20% to less than 50% %
11.2
9.3
9.7
10.4
7.1
9.5
50% to less than 90% %
9.5
6.5
11.7
11.9
3.6
8.6
90% and over %
33.5
17.5
20.5
11.9
3.2
17.3
Total(a) %
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Tenure and landlord type
Owner without a mortgage %
*0.8
16.0
40.6
53.1
61.0
34.3
Owner with a mortgage %
3.3
43.7
50.1
42.4
35.4
35.0
Renter
State/territory housing authority %
20.4
2.4
**0.1
*0.3
-
4.7
Private landlord %
65.9
31.6
7.1
2.6
2.8
22.0
Other landlord type %
5.4
2.4
*0.6
*0.5
*0.3
1.9
Total renters %
91.7
36.5
7.8
3.4
3.1
28.5
Other tenure type %
4.2
3.8
1.4
1.1
*0.5
2.2
Total %
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Family composition of household
One family households
Couple family with dependent children %
12.6
26.7
29.3
30.7
31.9
26.2
One parent family with dependent children %
16.8
7.1
4.5
3.4
2.2
6.8
Couple only %
13.9
22.0
26.9
30.6
35.5
25.8
Other one family households %
8.4
8.6
10.7
14.2
15.6
11.5
Multiple family households %
*0.8
*0.9
*0.7
*1.2
1.6
1.0
Non-family households
Lone person %
39.3
31.1
26.6
18.9
12.3
25.7
Group households %
8.1
3.6
1.3
1.0
*0.8
3.0
Total %
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Average number in household
Employed persons no.
0.9
1.3
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.3
Dependent children no.
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.6
Persons
Under 18 years no.
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
18 to 64 years no.
1.4
1.6
1.5
1.7
1.9
1.6
65 years and over no.
0.2
0.2
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
Total no.
2.2
2.4
2.5
2.7
2.8
2.5
Estimated number in population
Households '000
1 586.3
1 584.4
1 585.2
1 585.3
1 584.9
7 926.2
Persons '000
3 429.4
3 792.0
3 987.1
4 277.6
4 444.5
19 930.7
Number of households in sample no.
1 979
2 021
2 046
2 020
1 895
9 961
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution
** estimate has a relative standard error greater than 50% and is considered too unreliable for general use
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Includes households with nil or negative total income