In 2022, the median annual family income of lone-parent families in Canada increased by 2,100 dollars (+3.7 percent) since 2021. Therefore, the median annual income in Canada reached a peak in 2022 with 58,850 dollars.

This graph shows the Percentage of households led by a female householder with no spouse present with own children under 18 years living in the household in the U.S. in 2021, by state. In 2021, about 4.24 percent of Californian households were single mother households with at least one child.

Additional information on single mother households and poverty in the United States

For most single mothers a constant battle persists between finding the time and energy to raise their children and the demands of working to supply an income to house and feed their families. The pressures of a single income and the high costs of childcare mean that the risk of poverty for these families is a tragic reality. Comparison of the overall United States poverty rate since 1990 with that of the poverty rate for families with a female householder shows that poverty is much more prevalent in the latter. In 2021, while the overall rate was at 11.6 percent, the rate of poverty for single mother families was 23 percent. Moreover, the degree of fluctuation tends to be lower for single female household families, suggesting the rate of poverty for these groups is less affected by economic conditions.

The sharp rise in the number of children living with a single mother or single father in the United States from 1970 to 2022 suggests more must be done to ensure that families in such situations are able to avoid poverty. Moreover, attention should also be placed on overall racial income inequality given the higher rate of poverty for Hispanic single mother families than their white or Asian counterparts.

For a single parent with two children, earning the average wage, the United States had proportionately the most expensive childcare among selected countries, with net childcare costs taking up ** percent of net household income. This figure was around nine percent in the OECD on average.

Italy AAHI: Household Typology: Single Parent with at least One Children data was reported at 22,574.000 EUR in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 22,709.000 EUR for 2015. Italy AAHI: Household Typology: Single Parent with at least One Children data is updated yearly, averaging 20,863.000 EUR from Dec 2003 (Median) to 2016, with 14 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 22,709.000 EUR in 2015 and a record low of 20,150.000 EUR in 2003. Italy AAHI: Household Typology: Single Parent with at least One Children data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Italy – Table IT.H014: Average Annual Household Income.

Families of tax filers; Single-earner and dual-earner census families by number of children (final T1 Family File; T1FF).

Italy AAHI: Household Typology: Single Parent with Adult Sons data was reported at 30,465.000 EUR in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 30,138.000 EUR for 2014. Italy AAHI: Household Typology: Single Parent with Adult Sons data is updated yearly, averaging 31,011.000 EUR from Dec 2003 (Median) to 2015, with 13 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 33,398.000 EUR in 2009 and a record low of 29,408.000 EUR in 2003. Italy AAHI: Household Typology: Single Parent with Adult Sons data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Italy – Table IT.H014: Average Annual Household Income.

Austria Household Income: Disposable: Avg: Per Capita: Without Pension: Families: With Children: Single Parents data was reported at 22,402.000 EUR in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 24,636.000 EUR for 2023. Austria Household Income: Disposable: Avg: Per Capita: Without Pension: Families: With Children: Single Parents data is updated yearly, averaging 18,565.000 EUR from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2024, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24,636.000 EUR in 2023 and a record low of 14,387.000 EUR in 2007. Austria Household Income: Disposable: Avg: Per Capita: Without Pension: Families: With Children: Single Parents data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Austria. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Austria – Table AT.H018: Household Income and Expenditure.

Mean and Median Weekly Earnings Among One Parent Families with Children

This statistic depicts the median annual family income of single-earner couple families in Canada from 2000 to 2020. In 2020, the median annual family income of male single-earner couple families was 34,390 Canadian dollars.

In 1990, 48.1 percent of all Black families with a single mother in the United States lived below the poverty level. In 2023, that figure had decreased to 25.9 percent. This is significantly higher than white households with a single mother. Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter.

Administrative disposable income is a third pillar of the income statistics that Statbel publishes, alongside "\2" and poverty indicators based on "\2", and allows answering other types of questions than SILC and tax statistics.

SILC uses "\2" at the household level as a concept of income, cumulating the incomes of all household members. In the next step, this disposable income is converted into equivalised disposable income to take into account the composition of the household. Based on the SILC, at-risk-of-poverty figures are published up to the provincial level. However, the sample size does not allow for analyses at a more detailed geographical level. However, statistics based on tax revenues are available up to the level of the statistical sector, but are limited to taxable income in the context of personal income tax returns. Non-taxable income is not taken into account and there is also no correction according to the composition of the household.

The variable "administrative equivalised disposable income" responds to a growing demand for income and poverty figures at the communal level. It uses an income concept based on administrative sources that tries to correspond as much as possible to that of SILC. For the population as a whole, both taxable and non-taxable income are taken into account. They are added together for all members of the household in order to obtain an administrative disposable income for the household. After adjusting for the composition of the household, the variable "administrative equivalised disposable income" is established. This can be used to calculate income and poverty figures at the communal level.

Indicators are not disseminated for an entity and a category when there are at least 15% of people whose equivalent administrative disposable income is missing or when there are less than 100 people with a valid income.

More information on the page "\2" of Statbel

This service shows the median after-tax income of lone parent families in 2015 for Canada by 2016, census subdivision. The data is from the data table Household Income Statistics (3) and Household Type Including Census Family Structure (11) for Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016099. This data pertains to households with one lone-parent census family without other persons in the household. In the context of census families, total income refers to receipts from certain sources of all of its family members, before income taxes and deductions, during a specified reference period. After-tax income refers to total income less income taxes of the statistical unit during a specified reference period. The median income of a specified group is the amount that divides the income distribution of that group into two halves. For additional information refer to the 2016 Census Dictionary for 'Total income', 'After-tax income' and 'Census family'. For additional information refer to the 2016 Census Dictionary for 'Total income', 'After-tax income' and 'Census family'. To have a cartographic representation of the ecumene with this socio-economic indicator, it is recommended to add as the first layer, the “NRCan - 2016 population ecumene by census subdivision” web service, accessible in the data resources section below.

Austria Household Income: Disposable: Avg: Without Pension: Families: With Children: Single Parents data was reported at 37,354.000 EUR in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 35,218.000 EUR for 2023. Austria Household Income: Disposable: Avg: Without Pension: Families: With Children: Single Parents data is updated yearly, averaging 29,798.500 EUR from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2024, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37,354.000 EUR in 2024 and a record low of 22,608.000 EUR in 2007. Austria Household Income: Disposable: Avg: Without Pension: Families: With Children: Single Parents data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Austria. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Austria – Table AT.H018: Household Income and Expenditure.

Australia Average Number of Dependent Children in Household: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children data was reported at 1.800 Person in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1.800 Person for 2018. Australia Average Number of Dependent Children in Household: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children data is updated yearly, averaging 1.710 Person from Jun 2003 (Median) to 2020, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.800 Person in 2020 and a record low of 1.700 Person in 2016. Australia Average Number of Dependent Children in Household: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.H039: Survey of Income and Housing: Average Number of Dependent Children in Household: by Family Composition.

Families of tax filers; Census families by family type and family composition including before and after-tax median income of the family (final T1 Family File; T1FF).

Australia Weekly Gross Income: 2017-18p: Mean: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children data was reported at 1,499,000.000 AUD in 2018. Australia Weekly Gross Income: 2017-18p: Mean: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children data is updated yearly, averaging 1,499,000.000 AUD from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2018, with 1 observations. Australia Weekly Gross Income: 2017-18p: Mean: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.H016: Survey of Income and Housing: Gross Household Income: by Family Composition.

Norway Average Household Income: IT: TR: TF: Other Tax Free Transfers data was reported at 2,500.000 NOK in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 2,500.000 NOK for 2015. Norway Average Household Income: IT: TR: TF: Other Tax Free Transfers data is updated yearly, averaging 2,200.000 NOK from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2016, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,600.000 NOK in 2014 and a record low of 1,700.000 NOK in 2008. Norway Average Household Income: IT: TR: TF: Other Tax Free Transfers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistics Norway. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Norway – Table NO.H014: Average Household Income. Other tax-free transfers benefits such as childcare benefit to single parents, lump sum maternity grants, compensation for work injury, education benefit to single parents and received child support managed by public arrangement. Various benefits received by people attending job creating programs are included since 2009. Since 2014, extra compensation for recipients of contractual pension (AFP) is included.

Australia Percentage of Households: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children: Source of Income: Wages And Salaries data was reported at 57.000 % in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 51.000 % for 2018. Australia Percentage of Households: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children: Source of Income: Wages And Salaries data is updated yearly, averaging 48.300 % from Jun 2003 (Median) to 2020, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57.000 % in 2020 and a record low of 40.900 % in 2004. Australia Percentage of Households: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children: Source of Income: Wages And Salaries data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.H040: Survey of Income and Housing: Percentage of Households: by Source of Income.

Australia Weekly Gross Income: 2013-14p: Median: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children data was reported at 1,059.260 AUD in 2014. Australia Weekly Gross Income: 2013-14p: Median: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children data is updated yearly, averaging 1,059.260 AUD from Jun 2014 (Median) to 2014, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,059.260 AUD in 2014 and a record low of 1,059.260 AUD in 2014. Australia Weekly Gross Income: 2013-14p: Median: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.H031: Survey of Income and Housing: Gross Household Income: by Family Composition.

Household income statistics by structural type of dwelling (single-detached house, apartments, other attached dwelling) and household type (couple family, lone-parent family, non-census family households) for Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions.