Between 1975 and 2023, the mean weekly earnings of male full-time employees in Australia have exceeded those of their female equivalents. In August 2023, at 1,991.2 Australian dollars, the mean weekly earnings of a male full-time employee in Australia was 257 Australian dollars more than an equivalent female's weekly earnings, at 1734.2 Australian dollars.

In 2022, the average annual wage had reached 59,408 U.S. dollars in Australia. Since 2000, the average wage in Australia has increased by around 10,000 U.S. dollars. Since 2011, the average wage in Australia has remained fairly stagnant.

Average Number of Persons in Household: Non Family: Lone Person: Age: Under 18 Years data was reported at 0.000 Person in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 Person for 2018. Average Number of Persons in Household: Non Family: Lone Person: Age: Under 18 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 0.000 Person from Jun 2006 (Median) to 2020, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 Person in 2020 and a record low of 0.000 Person in 2020. Average Number of Persons in Household: Non Family: Lone Person: Age: Under 18 Years 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.H037: Survey of Income and Housing: Average Number of Persons in Household: by Age.

This dataset presents information about employee income by age and sex. The data covers the financial years 2011-12 to 2017-18, and is based on Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3) according to the 2016 edition of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).

Employee income is the total (or gross) income received as a return to labour from an employer or from a person's own incorporated business (when they are employed by this business). The data used in deriving employee income comes from both Individual Tax Returns (ITR) and payment summaries (where an individual has not lodged an ITR).

All monetary values are presented as gross pre-tax dollars, as far as possible. This means they reflect income before deductions and loses, and before any taxation or levies (e.g. the Medicare levy or the temporary budget repair levy) are applied. The amounts shown are nominal, they have not been adjusted for inflation. The income presented in this release has been categorised into income types, these categories have been devised by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to closely align to ABS definitions of income.

The statistics in this release are compiled from the Linked Employer Employee Dataset (LEED), a cross-sectional database based on administrative data from the Australian taxation system. The LEED includes more than 120 million tax records over seven consecutive years between 2011-12 and 2017-18.

Please note:

• All personal income tax statistics included in LEED were provided in de-identified form with no home address or date of birth. Addresses were coded to the ASGS and date of birth was converted to an age at 30 June of the reference year prior to data provision.

• To minimise the risk of identifying individuals in aggregate statistics, perturbation has been applied to the statistics in this release. Perturbation involves small random adjustment of the statistics and is considered the most satisfactory technique for avoiding the release of identifiable statistics, while maximising the range of information that can be released. These adjustments have a negligible impact on the underlying pattern of the statistics. Some cells have also been suppressed due to low counts.

• Totals may not align with the sum of their components due to missing or unpublished information in the underlying data and perturbation.

For further information please visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

AURIN has made the following changes to the original data:

• Spatially enabled the original data.

• Set 'np' (not published to protect the confidentiality of individuals or businesses) values to Null.

Average Number of Persons in Household data was reported at 2.600 Person in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 2.600 Person for 2018. Average Number of Persons in Household data is updated yearly, averaging 2.595 Person from Jun 1995 (Median) to 2020, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.690 Person in 1995 and a record low of 2.510 Person in 2006. Average Number of Persons in Household 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.H037: Survey of Income and Housing: Average Number of Persons in Household: by Age.

The 1991 Census Basic Community profiles present 57 tables containing summary characteristics of persons and/or dwellings for Census Collection Districts (CD) in Australia. This table contains data relating to annual individual income by age. Counts are of persons aged 15 years or more, based on place of enumeration on census night which; includes overseas visitors; excludes Australians overseas; and excludes adjustment for under-enumeration. The data is by CD 1991 boundaries. Periodicity: 5-Yearly. This data is ABS data (cat. no. 2101.0 & original geographic boundary cat. no. 1261.0.30.001) used with permission from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The tabular data was extracted from CDATA91 which was supplied to AURIN by the University of Melbourne. The cleaned, high resolution 1991 geographic boundaries are available from data.gov.au For more information please refer to the 1991 Census Dictionary

This report analyses average weekly gross earnings for all workers over 15 years of age, in all industries across Australia. Income in this report is defined as current and regular cash payments and excludes amounts that are salary sacrificed like the value of cars, laptops, phones, employer-provided childcare and employer superannuation contributions. The data for this report is sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and is measured in seasonally adjusted current dollars per financial year.

As at February 2025, couples aged 25 to 34 years old in Sydney, Australia spent an average of around 57.6 percent of their household income on mortgage repayments for an entry-priced house. In comparison, couples in the same age bracket in Darwin were spending around 27.7 percent of their household income on mortgage repayments for a house.

Average Number of Persons in Household: Age: 18 to 64 Years data was reported at 1.600 Person in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1.600 Person for 2018. Average Number of Persons in Household: Age: 18 to 64 Years data is updated yearly, averaging 1.630 Person from Jun 1995 (Median) to 2020, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.680 Person in 1995 and a record low of 1.590 Person in 2004. Average Number of Persons in Household: Age: 18 to 64 Years 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.H037: Survey of Income and Housing: Average Number of Persons in Household: by Age.

Wages in Australia increased to 1510.90 AUD/Week in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 1480.90 AUD/Week in the second quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - Australia Average Weekly Wages - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In financial year 2020, over 460 thousand households in Australia had a gross weekly household income of 6,000 Australian dollars or more. On the other end of the spectrum, over 30,000 households had a negative income and around over 32,000 had no income.

This dataset presents information from G17 – Total personal income (weekly) by age by sex in Australia based on the general community profile from the 2021 Census. It contains characteristics of persons, families, and dwellings by Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2), 2021, from the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3.

This dataset is part of a set of web services based on the 2021 Census. It can be used as a tool for researching, planning, and analysis. The data is based on place of usual residence (that is, where people usually live, rather than where they were counted on Census night), unless otherwise stated.

Small random adjustments have been made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of respondents. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from table totals. For further information see the 2021 Census Privacy Statement, Confidentiality, and Introduced random error/perturbation.

Made possible by the Digital Atlas of Australia The Digital Atlas of Australia is an Australian Government initiative being led by Geoscience Australia. It will bring together trusted datasets from across government in an interactive, secure, and easy-to-use geospatial platform. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is working in partnership with Geoscience Australia to establish a set of web services to make ABS data available in the Digital Atlas.

Contact the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) If you have questions, feedback or would like to receive updates about this web service, please email geography@abs.gov.au. For information about how the ABS manages any personal information you provide view the ABS privacy policy.

Data and geography references Source data publication: G17 – Total personal income (weekly) by age by sex Geographic boundary information: Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3 Further information: About the Census, 2021 Census product release guide – Community Profiles, Understanding Census geography Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

Australia Average Number of Persons in Household: Multiple Family: Age: 65 Years And Over data was reported at 0.700 Person in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.700 Person for 2018. Australia Average Number of Persons in Household: Multiple Family: Age: 65 Years And Over data is updated yearly, averaging 0.500 Person from Jun 2004 (Median) to 2020, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.700 Person in 2020 and a record low of 0.300 Person in 2008. Australia Average Number of Persons in Household: Multiple Family: Age: 65 Years And Over 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.H037: Survey of Income and Housing: Average Number of Persons in Household: by Age.

This dataset presents information about employee income by age and sex. The data covers the financial years 2011-12 to 2017-18, and is based on Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (GCCSA) according to the 2016 edition of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS).

Employee income is the total (or gross) income received as a return to labour from an employer or from a person's own incorporated business (when they are employed by this business). The data used in deriving employee income comes from both Individual Tax Returns (ITR) and payment summaries (where an individual has not lodged an ITR).

All monetary values are presented as gross pre-tax dollars, as far as possible. This means they reflect income before deductions and loses, and before any taxation or levies (e.g. the Medicare levy or the temporary budget repair levy) are applied. The amounts shown are nominal, they have not been adjusted for inflation. The income presented in this release has been categorised into income types, these categories have been devised by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to closely align to ABS definitions of income.

The statistics in this release are compiled from the Linked Employer Employee Dataset (LEED), a cross-sectional database based on administrative data from the Australian taxation system. The LEED includes more than 120 million tax records over seven consecutive years between 2011-12 and 2017-18.

Please note:

• All personal income tax statistics included in LEED were provided in de-identified form with no home address or date of birth. Addresses were coded to the ASGS and date of birth was converted to an age at 30 June of the reference year prior to data provision.

• To minimise the risk of identifying individuals in aggregate statistics, perturbation has been applied to the statistics in this release. Perturbation involves small random adjustment of the statistics and is considered the most satisfactory technique for avoiding the release of identifiable statistics, while maximising the range of information that can be released. These adjustments have a negligible impact on the underlying pattern of the statistics. Some cells have also been suppressed due to low counts.

• Totals may not align with the sum of their components due to missing or unpublished information in the underlying data and perturbation.

For further information please visit the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

AURIN has made the following changes to the original data:

• Spatially enabled the original data.

• Set 'np' (not published to protect the confidentiality of individuals or businesses) values to Null.

As at February 2025, couples aged 25 to 34 years old in Sydney, Australia spent an average of around 35.8 percent of their household income on mortgage repayments for an entry-priced unit. In comparison, couples in the same age bracket in Perth were spending around 23.7 percent of their household income on mortgage repayments for a unit.

SA3 based data for Total Personal Income (Weekly) by Age by Sex, in Place of Enemeration Profile (PEP), 2016 Census. Count of persons aged 15 years and over. P17 is broken up into 3 sections (P17a - P17c), this section contains 'Females $300-$399 Age 15-19 years' - 'Persons $500-$649 Total'.The data is by SA3 2016 boundaries. Periodicity: 5-Yearly. Note: There are small random adjustments made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from table totals. For more information visit the data source: http://www.abs.gov.au/census.

GCCSA based data for Total Personal Income (Weekly) by Age by Sex, in General Community Profile (GCP), 2016 Census. Count of persons aged 15 years and over. G17 is broken up into 3 sections (G17a - G17c), this section contains 'Persons $1000-$1249 Age 15-19 years' - 'Persons Total Total'.The data is by GCCSA 2016 boundaries. Periodicity: 5-Yearly. Note: There are small random adjustments made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from table totals. For more information visit the data source: http://www.abs.gov.au/census.

Australia Average Number of Persons in Household: Non Family: Group Households data was reported at 2.400 Person in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.500 Person for 2018. Australia Average Number of Persons in Household: Non Family: Group Households data is updated yearly, averaging 2.400 Person from Jun 2001 (Median) to 2020, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.600 Person in 2016 and a record low of 2.200 Person in 2001. Australia Average Number of Persons in Household: Non Family: Group Households 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.H037: Survey of Income and Housing: Average Number of Persons in Household: by Age.

The 1991 Census Usual Residents Community Profiles present 25 tables containing summary characteristics of usual residents for Statistical Local Areas (SLA) in Australia. This table contains data relating to annual individual income by age and sex. Counts are of persons aged 15 years or more, based on their usual place of residence; excludes Australians overseas; and excludes adjustment for under-enumeration. The data is by SLA 1991 boundaries. Periodicity: 5-Yearly. This data is ABS data (cat. no. 2101.0 & original geographic boundary cat. no. 1261.0.30.001) used with permission from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The tabular data was processed and supplied to AURIN by the Australian Data Archives. The cleaned, high resolution 1991 geographic boundaries are available from data.gov.au. For more information please refer to the 1991 Census Dictionary.

The 1991 Census Basic Community profiles present 57 tables containing summary characteristics of persons and/or dwellings for Local Government Areas (LGA) in Australia. This table contains data relating to annual individual income by age. Counts are of persons aged 15 years or more, based on place of enumeration on census night which; includes overseas visitors; excludes Australians overseas; and excludes adjustment for under-enumeration. The data is by LGA 1991 boundaries. Periodicity: 5-Yearly. This data is ABS data (cat. no. 2101.0 & original geographic boundary cat. no. 1261.0.30.001) used with permission from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The tabular data was processed and supplied to AURIN by the Australian Data Archives. The cleaned, high resolution 1991 geographic boundaries are available from data.gov.au. For more information please refer to the 1991 Census Dictionary.