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

Identifying and definitional attributes

• Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017

A gross personal income of each household member is combined to determine gross household income.

Data element concept attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

• Housing assistance, Standard 30/08/2017

Value domain attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

• Commonwealth Department of Health, Standard 17/12/2015
• Commonwealth Department of Social Services (retired), Standard 20/06/2018
• Community Services (retired), Standard 30/11/2007
• Disability, Standard 13/08/2015
• Early Childhood, Standard 21/05/2010
• Housing assistance, Standard 01/03/2005

Representational attributes

Collection and usage attributes

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

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

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

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