Australia Percentage of Households: One Family: Other: Source of Income: Wages And Salaries data was reported at 71.700 % in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 68.600 % for 2018. Australia Percentage of Households: One Family: Other: Source of Income: Wages And Salaries data is updated yearly, averaging 72.150 % from Jun 2003 (Median) to 2020, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 79.500 % in 2003 and a record low of 68.600 % in 2018. Australia Percentage of Households: One Family: Other: 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.

A multi-millionaire is defined as someone owning 10 million U.S. dollars or more. It was forecasted that there would be almost 18 thousand individuals in Australia defined as multi-millionaires by 2026. This is in line with the country’s growing economy over the years as well as the growing wealth inequality that was becoming a cause for concern in the island nation.

Distribution of the wealthy

As a rich country with plenty of natural resources and a high Human Development Index, Australia had always had a large number of high net-worth individuals or HNWIs. There were over ten thousand millionaires including a couple dozen of billionaires, with these figures expected to grow significantly over the next few years.

Income inequality

Despite the increase of wealth and economic growth, there was a concern at the level of poverty and homelessness due to the rising wealth inequality nationally. The number of homeless people living in Australia had only been increasing with more than a hundred thousand people currently without shelter. Furthermore, most of the wealth was being pushed from the country to the cities, affecting the livelihood of those living in the countryside or outback.

In 2022, the wealthiest top one percent of Australians held 9.9 percent of the national income. The bottom 50 percent of Australians had 17.2 percent of the national income.

Australia Number of Households: One Family: Couple with Dependent Children data was reported at 2,573.700 Unit th in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,543.800 Unit th for 2018. Australia Number of Households: One Family: Couple with Dependent Children data is updated yearly, averaging 2,206.800 Unit th from Jun 2001 (Median) to 2020, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,573.700 Unit th in 2020 and a record low of 1,670.300 Unit th in 2001. Australia Number of Households: One Family: Couple 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.H034: Survey of Income and Housing: Number of Household: by Family Composition.

60 percent of Australians were in the wealth range between 100,000 and one million U.S. dollars in 2020. Just 9.4 percent of Australian adults had wealth of over one million U.S. dollars, which was slightly less than the share of people who had under 10,000 U.S. dollars in wealth.

Wealth distribution in the Asia-Pacific

In 2020, China had the highest number of millionaires, followed by Japan and Australia. The number of millionaires in Australia was forecasted to increase from 1.8 million to three million by 2025. According to a source, among the Asia-Pacific countries, Australia ranked second in the share of wealth per adult. The source had revealed the wealth per adult in Australia was more than 483 thousand U.S. dollars in 2020.

LGBTQ community of Australia

In 2020, a survey of working adults in Australia revealed that LGBTQ adults were employed in public services and the law enforcement across the country. On the one hand, more than 38 percent of LGBTQ individuals had a role as as a team member, above 12 percent of respondents answered that they were either team leader or supervisor.

Australia Average Number of Employed Persons in Household: One Family: Other data was reported at 1.900 Person in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.800 Person for 2018. Australia Average Number of Employed Persons in Household: One Family: Other data is updated yearly, averaging 1.900 Person from Jun 2001 (Median) to 2020, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.400 Person in 2003 and a record low of 1.800 Person in 2018. Australia Average Number of Employed Persons in Household: One Family: Other 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.H038: Survey of Income and Housing: Average Number of Employed Persons in Household: by Family Composition.

Australia Average Number of Dependent Children in Household: One Family: Couple with Dependent Children data was reported at 1.900 Person in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1.900 Person for 2018. Australia Average Number of Dependent Children in Household: One Family: Couple with Dependent Children data is updated yearly, averaging 1.900 Person from Jun 2003 (Median) to 2020, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.000 Person in 2008 and a record low of 1.900 Person in 2020. Australia Average Number of Dependent Children in Household: One Family: Couple 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.

In 2021 in Australia, over two million individuals had a net worth between one and five million U.S. dollars. Over one hundred thousand individuals in Australia had a net worth between five and ten million U.S. dollars that year.

In the 2018 financial year, around 567,000 households in Australia had a household income of between 400 and 499 Australian dollars per week. The largest grouping of households in one income range was households earning 3,000 to 3,499 Australian dollars per week.

The most common poverty measures, including that used by the OECD, focus on income based approaches. One of the most common measures of income poverty is the proportion of households with income …Show full descriptionThe most common poverty measures, including that used by the OECD, focus on income based approaches. One of the most common measures of income poverty is the proportion of households with income less than half median equivalised disposable household income (which is set as the poverty line); this is a relative income poverty measure as poverty is measured by reference to the income of others rather than in some absolute sense. Australia has one of the highest household disposable incomes in the world, which means that an Australian relative income poverty line is set at a high level of income compared to most other countries. OECD statistics on Australian poverty 2015-16 (based on ABS Survey of Income and Housing data and applying a poverty line of 50% of median income) determined the Australian poverty rate was over 25% before taxes and transfers, but falls around 12% after taxes and transfers. Though measuring poverty through application of solely an income measure is not considered comprehensive for an Australian context, however, it does demonstrate that the Australian welfare system more than halves the number of Australians that would otherwise be considered as at risk of living in poverty under that measure. It is important to consider a range of indicators of persistent disadvantage to understand poverty and hardship and its multidimensional nature. Different indicators point to different dimensions of poverty. While transient poverty is a problem, the experience of persistent poverty is of deeper concern, particularly where families experience intergenerational disadvantage and long-term welfare reliance. HILDA data from the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research shows the Distribution of number of years in poverty 2001–2015. The figure focuses on the longer term experience of working age adults and shows that while people do fall into poverty, only a small proportion of people are persistently poor.

In 2023, Switzerland led the ranking of countries with the highest average wealth per adult, with approximately 709,600 U.S. dollars per person. Luxembourg was ranked second with an average wealth of around 607,500 U.S. dollars per adult, followed by Hong Kong SAR. However, the figures do not show the actual distribution of wealth. The Gini index shows wealth disparities in countries worldwide. Does wealth guarantee a longer life? As the old adage goes “money can’t buy you happiness”, yet wealth and income are continuously correlated to the quality of life of individuals in different countries around the world. While greater levels of wealth may not guarantee a higher quality life, it certainly increases an individual’s chances of having a longer one. Although they do not show the whole picture, life expectancy at birth is higher in the more wealthier world regions. Does money bring happiness? A number of the world’s happiest nations also feature in the list of those countries for which average income was highest. Finland, however, which was the happiest country worldwide in 2022, is missing in the list of top twenty countries with the highest wealth per adult. As such, the explanation for this may be the fact that the larger proportion of the population has access to a high income relative to global levels. Measures of quality of life Criticism of the use of income or wealth as a proxy for quality of life led to the creation of the United Nations’ Human Development Index. Although income is included within the index, it also has other factors taken into account such as health and education. As such, the countries with the highest human development index can be correlated to those with the highest income levels. That said, none of the above measures seek to assess the physical and mental environmental impact of a high quality of life sourced through high incomes. The happy planet index demonstrates that the inclusion of experienced well-being and ecological footprint in place of income and other proxies for quality of life results in many of the world’s materially poorer nations being included in the happiest.

Updated data for the Australian Government’s Income Management (IM) program will be available on the third Thursday of every month. The data summary will include: Table 1. Number of IM participants …Show full descriptionUpdated data for the Australian Government’s Income Management (IM) program will be available on the third Thursday of every month. The data summary will include: Table 1. Number of IM participants by location and measure 1.1 Northern Territory 1.2 Western Australia 1.3 Queensland 1.4 South Australia 1.5 Victoria 1.6 New South Wales Table 2. Number of IM participants with an active BasicsCard by State/Territory Table 3. Number of IM exemptions by Indigenous Indicator The data provided will be the last weekly data update for the previous month. Legislation Legislation for IM is located here in the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999. The Guide to Social Policy Law for IM is located here. Information about IM More information about Income Management is located here on the Department of Human Services web site. Locations The places that have IM, by State and Territory, is located here on the Department of Human Services web site. Data Confidentialisation Policy Table cells are suppressed where the count refers to less than five, but more than zero, people. The method is: Cells with counts between one (1) and four (4) are presented as <5. Cells with counts between one (1) and four (4) are presented as <5. Cells with a count of zero (0) are not suppressed. Where suppression has been applied and it is still possible to derive the cell value from other information in the table, the total/s or the next lowest aggregate cells are suppressed and presented with ‘n.p.’ (not provided). Data Caveats Any variance from data reported prior to 28 August 2015 is due to a change to conform to the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). Inconsistencies may be attributed to participants moving from the location where they were originally triggered onto the program. Participants with ‘Unknown’ locations did not have a recorded address at the time of data extraction. This often occurs because a participant is in the process of moving address. ‘Uncategorised CIM’ customers are instances where a customer was assessed for Income Management but was never switched ON and assigned a Category Code. ‘Greater Brisbane’ includes ‘Logan’. ‘Far North’ includes ‘Cape York’. For ‘Current Income Management Exemptions by Indigenous Indicator’, automatic exemptions for <25% of Max Payment is not included.

Australia Average Number of Persons in Household: One Family: Other data was reported at 3.000 Person in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 3.000 Person for 2018. Australia Average Number of Persons in Household: One Family: Other data is updated yearly, averaging 3.000 Person from Jun 2001 (Median) to 2020, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.000 Person in 2001 and a record low of 2.900 Person in 2010. Australia Average Number of Persons in Household: One Family: Other 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.

In the 2018 financial year, the 90th percentile in Australia had a household net worth reaching about 2.93 million Australian dollars. By comparison the 10th percentile had a household net worth of 31,400 Australian dollars.

Australia Percentage of Households: Non Family: Group Households: Contribution of Govt Pensions to Income: Less than 1% data was reported at 63.000 % in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 62.200 % for 2018. Australia Percentage of Households: Non Family: Group Households: Contribution of Govt Pensions to Income: Less than 1% data is updated yearly, averaging 62.500 % from Jun 2001 (Median) to 2020, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 73.800 % in 2008 and a record low of 57.900 % in 2016. Australia Percentage of Households: Non Family: Group Households: Contribution of Govt Pensions to Income: Less than 1% 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.H041: Survey of Income and Housing: Percentage of Households: by Contribution of Government Pensions to Income.

Australia Percentage of Households: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children: Contribution of Govt Pensions to Income: Less than 1% data was reported at 24.100 % in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 15.100 % for 2018. Australia Percentage of Households: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children: Contribution of Govt Pensions to Income: Less than 1% data is updated yearly, averaging 10.900 % from Jun 2001 (Median) to 2020, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24.100 % in 2020 and a record low of 7.800 % in 2004. Australia Percentage of Households: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children: Contribution of Govt Pensions to Income: Less than 1% 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.H041: Survey of Income and Housing: Percentage of Households: by Contribution of Government Pensions to Income.

In 2025, Luxembourg was the country with the highest gross domestic product per capita in the world. Of the 20 listed countries, 13 are in Europe and four are in Asia, alongside the U.S., Canada, and Australia. There are no African or Latin American countries among the top 20. Correlation with high living standards While GDP is a useful indicator for measuring the size or strength of an economy, GDP per capita is much more reflective of living standards. For example, when compared to life expectancy or indices such as the Human Development Index or the World Happiness Report, there is a strong overlap - 14 of the 20 countries on this list are also ranked among the 20 happiest countries in 2024, and all 20 have "very high" HDIs. Misleading metrics? GDP per capita figures, however, can be misleading, and to paint a fuller picture of a country's living standards then one must look at multiple metrics. GDP per capita figures can be skewed by inequalities in wealth distribution, and in countries such as those in the Middle East, a relatively large share of the population lives in poverty while a smaller number live affluent lifestyles.

LGA based data for Total Family Income (Weekly) by Labour Force Status of Parent for One Parent Families, in General Community Profile (GCP), 2016 Census. Count of one parent families. 'Employed, …Show full descriptionLGA based data for Total Family Income (Weekly) by Labour Force Status of Parent for One Parent Families, in General Community Profile (GCP), 2016 Census. Count of one parent families. 'Employed, worked full-time' is defined as having worked 35 hours or more in all jobs during the week prior to Census Night. Employed, away from work' comprises employed persons who did not work any hours in the week prior to Census Night or who did not state their number of hours worked. G56 is broken up into two sections (G56a-G56b) this section contains 'Negative Nil income Employed Worked Full-time' - 'All incomes not stated Employed Worked Part-time'. The data is by LGA 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. Copyright attribution: Government of the Commonwealth of Australia - Australian Bureau of Statistics, (2017): ; accessed from AURIN on 12/16/2021. Licence type: Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia (CC BY 2.5 AU)

GCCSA based data for Total Family Income (Weekly) by Labour Force Status of Parent for One Parent Families, in General Community Profile (GCP), 2016 Census. Count of one parent families. 'Employed, worked full-time' is defined as having worked 35 hours or more in all jobs during the week prior to Census Night. Employed, away from work' comprises employed persons who did not work any hours in the week prior to Census Night or who did not state their number of hours worked. G56 is broken up into two sections (G56a-G56b) this section contains 'Negative Nil income Employed Worked Full-time' - 'All incomes not stated Employed Worked Part-time'. 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.

SA2 based data for Total Family Income (Weekly) by Labour Force Status of Parent for One Parent Families, in General Community Profile (GCP), 2016 Census. Count of one parent families. 'Employed, worked full-time' is defined as having worked 35 hours or more in all jobs during the week prior to Census Night. Employed, away from work' comprises employed persons who did not work any hours in the week prior to Census Night or who did not state their number of hours worked. G56 is broken up into two sections (G56a-G56b) this section contains 'Negative Nil income Employed Worked Full-time' - 'All incomes not stated Employed Worked Part-time'. The data is by SA2 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.