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Household—assessable weekly income, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termAssessable weekly income
METEOR identifier:Help on this term595877
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017
Definition:Help on this term

The value of income per week from all sources as specified and used by the agency to establish eligibility of a household for receipt of service, expressed as dollars and cents.

Data Element Concept:Household—assessable weekly income

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termTotal
Data type:Help on this termCurrency
Format:Help on this termN[NNNNN].NN
Maximum character length:Help on this term8
Unit of measure:Help on this termAustralian currency (AU$)
Unit of measure precision:Help on this term2

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

This value domain must be expressed to two decimal places. Where there is a dollar value and no cent value, the cents must be expressed as .00 (e.g. 100.00).

Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

The main components of assessable income are:

  • current usual wages and salary
  • income derived from self-employment
  • government pensions, benefits and allowances
  • other income comprising investments (including interest, dividends, royalties and rent) and other regular income (including superannuation, private scholarships received in cash, workers' compensation, accident compensation, maintenance or alimony, and any other allowances regularly received).

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Household—assessable income (weekly), total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN
  • Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017
See also Household—principal source of cash income, (housing assistance) code N[.N.N]
  • Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017
See also Household—principal source of cash income, housing assistance code N[.N.N]
  • Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Community Housing DSS 2018-Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

DSS specific information:

Record assessable weekly income for the week of 30 June. Assessable income includes income from all sources (excluding Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA)) as specified and used by the agency to establish eligibility of a household for receipt of housing assistance.

Record unknown values as ‘U’.


Household (housing assistance) clusterHousing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

The assessable weekly income refers to the weekly amount at 30 June.

Assessable income is also used to calculate the rental housing rebate, which allows the household to pay a rent lower than the market rent. Each state and territory uses its own definition of 'assessable income'.


Household (housing assistance) clusterHousing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

The assessable weekly income refers to the weekly amount at 30 June.

Assessable income is also used to calculate the rental housing rebate, which allows the household to pay a rent lower than the market rent. Each state and territory uses its own definition of 'assessable income'.


Public Housing and State Owned and Managed Indigenous housing (PH & SOMIH) DSS 2018-Housing assistance, Standard 10/05/2019

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2018

DSS specific information:

Assessable weekly income refers to the weekly amount at 30 June.

Assessable income is also used to calculate the rental housing rebate, which allows the household to pay a rent lower than the market rent. Each state and territory uses its own definition of ‘assessable income’.


Tenancy/vacancy cluster (Mainstream community housing)Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017

DSS specific attributes +

DSS specific information:

Assessable weekly income was collected for the week of 30 June. Assessable income includes income from all sources (excluding Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA)) as specified and used by the agency to establish eligibility of a household for receipt of housing assistance.

Unknown values are recorded as "U".


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