Household income

Net available household income
2021
39 988 Euro
Median per year, private households
Equivalised net household income
2021
27 428 Euro
Median per year, persons in private households

The net available household income is calculated as the sum of all earned income plus any income from capital and pensions as well as any social transfers of all household members. Taxes and social security contributions are deducted; other payments between households are added or deducted. The reference period is a calendar year. To make households of different sizes comparable, an equivalised net household income is calculated: using the EU scale, one adult is taken as the reference point and is allocated a weight of 1; for each additional adult, the assumed resource requirement increases by a weight of 0.5 and for each child under the age of 14, by 0.3. This equivalised net household income is the basis for indicators on poverty and social inclusion.

In Austria these measures are obtained by a combination of administrative and questionnaire data from the yearly EU-SILC surveys. EU-SILC is short for European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, EU-SILC 2021. Compiled on 28 April 2022. 1) Households with pension: at least 50% of the household income come from pensions. – *) 25% and 75% quartile are based on a sample of less than 200 households.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, EU-SILC 2021. Compiled on 28 April 2022. 1) Households with pension: at least 50% of the household income come from pensions. – *) 25% and 75% quartile are based on a sample of less than 200 households. – 2) The equivalised net household income is the net available household income divided by the sum of person weights per household. Using the EU scale one adult is taken as the reference point and is allocated a weight of 1, for each additional adult the assumed resource requirement increases by a weight of 0.5, for each child under the age of 14 by 0.3.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, EU-SILC 2021. Compiled on 28 April 2022. 1) The equivalised net household income is the net available household income divided by the sum of person weights per household. Using the EU scale one adult is taken as the reference point and is allocated a weight of 1, for each additional adult the assumed resource requirement increases by a weight of 0.5, for each child under the age of 14 by 0.3.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, EU-SILC 2021. Compiled on 28 April 2022. – Education, main activity: only persons aged 16+. – 1) The equivalised net household income is the net available household income divided by the sum of person weights per household. Using the EU scale one adult is taken as the reference point and is allocated a weight of 1, for each additional adult the assumed resource requirement increases by a weight of 0.5, for each child under the age of 14 by 0.3. – *) 10% and 90% decile are based on a sample of less than 500 persons.

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