Australia: household breakdown by weekly income

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.

Breakdown of households in Australia in financial year 2018, by weekly gross income range

Gross household income per week in Australian dollars	Number of households in thousands
Negative income*	16.3
No income	22.3
$1–99	95.4
$100–199	54.7
$200–299	97.3
$300–399	173.6
$400–499	567
$500–599	353.4
$600–699	247.4
$700–799	432.2
$800–899	332.4
$900–999	334.1
$1,000–1,099	312
$1,100–1,199	290.8
$1,200–1,299	285.4
$1,300–1,399	274
$1,400–1,499	242.9
$1,500–1,599	252
$1,600–1,699	248.7
$1,700–1,799	240.2
$1,800–1,899	233.5
$1,900–1,999	227.2
$2,000–2,199	442.6
$2,200–2,399	387.2
$2,400–2,599	359.1
$2,600–2,799	310.8
$2,800–2,999	293
$3,000–3,499	591.4
$3,500–3,999	450.5
$4,000–4,499	319.9
$4,500–4,999	232.3
$5,000–5,499	137.4
$5,500–5,999	85.2
$6,000 or more	343.4

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Release date

July 2019

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Australia

Survey time period

financial year 2018

Supplementary notes

*Relative standard error of 25 to 50 percent.

Australian dollar prices are adjusted using changes in the Consumer Price Index.

Gross income is the sum of income from all sources before income tax and the Medicare levy have been deducted.

Australia's financial year runs from July 1 to June 30; for example, financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.

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