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

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Gross weekly household income
METEOR identifier:	607882
Registration status:	Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017
Definition:	The value of income per week from all sources, before accounting for any deductions such as income tax and superannuation, for a household, expressed in dollars and cents.
Context:	A gross personal income of each household member is combined to determine gross household income.
Data Element Concept:	Household—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: 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). Gross income is regarded as all receipts which are received regularly and are of a recurrent 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.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Steward:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:	ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2010. Standards for Income Variables, 2010. ABS cat. no. 1287.0. Canberra: ABS. Viewed 6 February 2017, http://www.abs.gov.au
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Household—gross income (weekly), total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 See also Household—principal source of cash income, (housing assistance) code N[.N.N] Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 See also Household—principal source of cash income, housing assistance code N[.N.N] Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017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: 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 gross weekly income for the week of 30 June. Gross income includes income from all sources (excluding Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA)) as specified. Record unknown values as ‘U’. Home purchase assistance DSS 2013- Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Conditional obligation: Leave blank if unknown. DSS specific information: For the purposes of this collection, current gross weekly income is reported at the time of application for assistance. Household (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Superseded 30/08/2017 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: The gross weekly income refers to the weekly amount at 30 June. Household (housing assistance) cluster Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: The gross weekly income refers to the weekly amount at 30 June. Private rent assistance DSS 2013- Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2013 Conditional obligation: Leave blank if unknown. DSS specific information: For the purposes of this collection, current gross weekly income is reported at the time of application for assistance. 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: Gross weekly income refers to the weekly amount at 30 June. Tenancy/vacancy cluster (Mainstream community housing) Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: The gross weekly income was collected for the week of 30 June, and excludes Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA). Unknown values are recorded as "U".