9 CONTRIBUTION OF GOVERNMENT PENSIONS AND ALLOWANCES TO GROSS HOUSEHOLD INCOME |
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Household characteristics | Nil or less
than 1% | 1% to less
than 20% | 20% to less
than 50% | 50% to less
than 90% | 90%
and over | All
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Income per week | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Gross household income | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Mean income | $ | 1 779 | 1 610 | 946 | 551 | 368 | 1 305 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Median income | $ | 1 500 | 1 497 | 905 | 509 | 324 | 1 040 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Equivalised disposable household income | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Mean income | $ | 888 | 638 | 446 | 354 | 274 | 644 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Median income | $ | 800 | 593 | 435 | 346 | 273 | 563 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
Mean household net worth | $ | 759 669 | 560 097 | 437 094 | 363 293 | 235 391 | 562 859 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
Proportion of households with characteristic | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Principal source of household income | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Zero or negative income | % | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Wages and salaries | % | 83.1 | 81.9 | 65.9 | **0.6 | **0.1 | 59.3 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Own unincorporated business income | % | 8.2 | 8.0 | 9.1 | **0.2 | - | 6.1 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Government pensions and allowances | % | - | - | 2.7 | 99.2 | 99.9 | 26.1 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Other income | % | 8.8 | 10.1 | 22.3 | - | - | 8.0 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Total | % | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Tenure and landlord type | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Owner without a mortgage | % | 26.1 | 25.3 | 39.6 | 61.4 | 49.4 | 34.3 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Owner with a mortgage | % | 43.7 | 53.1 | 26.8 | 11.4 | 8.4 | 35.0 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Renter | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | State/territory housing authority | % | 0.9 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 17.0 | 4.7 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Private landlord | % | 25.4 | 17.5 | 24.1 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 22.0 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Other landlord type | % | 1.7 | 1.1 | *1.7 | *1.0 | 3.6 | 1.9 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Total renters | % | 28.0 | 20.0 | 31.7 | 25.3 | 39.2 | 28.5 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Other tenure type | % | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 | *1.8 | 3.0 | 2.2 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Total | % | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Family composition of household | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | One family households | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Couple family with dependent children | % | 18.2 | 66.2 | 31.6 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 26.2 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | One parent family with dependent children | % | 1.7 | 6.9 | 14.1 | 16.3 | 10.9 | 6.8 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Couple only | % | 34.5 | 8.6 | 15.3 | 32.7 | 26.3 | 25.8 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Other one family households | % | 12.9 | 8.8 | 22.6 | 9.8 | 6.1 | 11.5 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Multiple family households | % | *0.4 | 2.6 | *2.5 | *1.0 | **0.2 | 1.0 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Non-family households | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Lone person | % | 28.0 | 5.0 | 11.0 | 31.1 | 48.4 | 25.7 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Group households | % | 4.4 | 1.9 | 2.9 | *1.4 | 1.6 | 3.0 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Total | % | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
Average number in household | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Employed persons | no. | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | - | 1.3 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Dependent children | no. | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Persons | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Under 18 years | no. | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 18 to 64 years | no. | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.6 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | 65 years and over | no. | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Total | no. | 2.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
Estimated number in population | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Households | '000 | 3 467.7 | 1 604.9 | 756.5 | 684.9 | 1 372.7 | 7 926.2 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Persons | '000 | 7 801.7 | 5 704.7 | 2 345.2 | 1 522.7 | 2 488.4 | 19 930.7 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
Number of households in sample | no. | 4 245 | 1 995 | 970 | 887 | 1 814 | 9 961 | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
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* 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 |