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Impact of past recessions on household after-tax incomes

Changes in average before-tax income of households ranked by private income March-December 2020

Change in household income (as a % of after-tax income in June 2019)

Distribution of income by source (percentage of all income)

Average before-tax household income ($pw)

Poverty with and without COVID income supports

Average annual change in disposable income during COVID-19

Average changes in hours worked and household incomes during COVID-19

Poverty

Headline charts

Community attitudes: Poverty is a problem that can be solved

Comparison of poverty trend and SDG target path

Poverty lines by family type

Percentage of all people in poverty from 1999 – 2019

Community attitudes: Government policies have caused some people to experience poverty

Number of people in poverty by age in 2019-20, and change in poverty

Poverty gaps

Percentage of children in poverty from 1999-2019

Number of people in poverty by age in 2019-20, and change in poverty

Poverty with and without COVID income supports

Average wealth of 131 billionaires compared with the top 1% of households ($m)

Concentration and share of overall wealth, by asset type, from 2018 to 2021

Cumulative growth in superannuation assets

Average wealth of households by age, as a percentage of the average wealth of all (%)

Proportion of median income required to pay the median rent (%)

Share of indebted households with debt-to-annual income ratio above three

Cumulative growth in superannuation assets

Change in number of workers employed by occupation (000s)

Impact of past recessions on household after-tax incomes

Distribution of income by source (percentage of all income)

Average changes in hours worked and household incomes during COVID-19

Distribution of income by source (percentage of all income)

Change in number of workers employed by occupation (000s)

Impact of past recessions on household after-tax incomes