Person—gross weekly income, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Gross income (person)
METEOR identifier:	595887
Registration status:	Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017
Definition:	The value of income per week from all sources before any deductions such as income tax and superannuation for a person, expressed as dollars and cents.
Data Element Concept:	Person—gross weekly income

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Total
Data type:	Currency
Format:	N[NNNNN].NN
Maximum character length:	8
Unit of measure:	Australian currency (AU$)
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	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:	The main components of gross income are: 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). Gross income is regarded as all receipts which are received regularly and are of a recurring nature. Certain receipts such as lump sum receipts, windfall gains and withdrawals from savings are not considered to conform to these criteria and are not included as income. Where household or income unit gross income is required, the gross income of each person is summed.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian of Health and Welfare
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Person—gross income (weekly), total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN Housing assistance, Superseded 10/02/2006 Supersedes Person—gross income (weekly), total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 See also Household—low income status, code N Housing assistance, Retired 01/05/2013 See also Household—principal source of cash income, (housing assistance) code N[.N.N] Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 See also Household—principal source of cash income, housing assistance code N[.N.N] Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 See also Person—assessable income (weekly), total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 See also Person—assessable income (weekly), total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 See also Person—source of cash income (principal)(housing assistance), code N{.N.N} Housing assistance, Superseded 01/05/2013
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Person income (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: The gross weekly income refers to the amount at 30 June. 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: For the purposes of this collection, a record should be completed for each income source rather than a single record for total income. Gross weekly income refers to the amount at 30 June.