Economy dashboard · Australia Inc.
As at 13 October 2026 · official data unless labelled
Australia Inc.: the country's profit and loss
The national accounts, read as if Australia were one business. Year to the June quarter 2026, the country earned $2,927.1bn, paid $83.3bn to foreign owners and lenders, set aside $532.2bn for wear and tear, and spent $2,205.9bn. It kept $104.0bn: a margin of 3.7%, against 5.7% on average in the 2010s.
Income statement
Year to the June quarter 2026, current prices, against the same four quarters a year earlier| This year | A year earlier | Change | Per person | Share of revenue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue: income earned producing in Australia | |||||
| Wages and salariesCompensation of employees, including employer super | $1,433.7bn | $1,348.4bn | ▲ 6.3% | $51,347 | 49.0% |
| Company profits: private businessesGross operating surplus, private non-financial corporations | $559.5bn | $543.1bn | ▲ 3.0% | $20,040 | 19.1% |
| Company profits: banks and financial firms | $133.5bn | $122.1bn | ▲ 9.3% | $4,781 | 4.6% |
| Profits of government-owned businesses | $23.5bn | $22.6bn | ▲ 3.9% | $842 | 0.8% |
| Government operating surplusThe depreciation of government assets | $66.3bn | $61.8bn | ▲ 7.2% | $2,373 | 2.3% |
| Rental value of owner-occupied homesImputed rent less costs, homes owned by households | $240.2bn | $229.3bn | ▲ 4.7% | $8,602 | 8.2% |
| Small business and farm incomeGross mixed income of unincorporated businesses | $192.3bn | $182.7bn | ▲ 5.2% | $6,888 | 6.6% |
| Taxes on production less subsidiesGST, payroll tax, excise and the like, less subsidies | $280.4bn | $270.1bn | ▲ 3.8% | $10,042 | 9.6% |
| Statistical discrepancy | −$2.2bn | −$3.2bn | +$1.0bn | −$79 | 0.1% |
| Revenue (gross domestic product) | $2,927.1bn | $2,777.0bn | ▲ 5.4% | $104,836 | 100.0% |
| Less: income paid to foreign owners and lenders, netDividends and interest paid abroad less received | −$83.3bn | −$78.4bn | ▲ 6.2% | $2,984 | 2.8% |
| Gross national income | $2,843.8bn | $2,698.6bn | ▲ 5.4% | $101,852 | 97.2% |
| Less: depreciationWear and tear on buildings, machinery, roads and software | −$532.2bn | −$502.5bn | ▲ 5.9% | $19,060 | 18.2% |
| Operating profit (net national income) | $2,311.6bn | $2,196.0bn | ▲ 5.3% | $82,792 | 79.0% |
| Plus: transfers from abroad, netForeign aid, remittances and the like | −$1.8bn | −$0.7bn | −$1.1bn | −$65 | 0.1% |
| Less: household spending | −$1,522.6bn | −$1,442.5bn | ▲ 5.6% | $54,531 | 52.0% |
| Less: government spending on servicesHealth, education, defence, administration | −$683.3bn | −$641.0bn | ▲ 6.6% | $24,472 | 23.3% |
| Bottom line: net savingWhat the country keeps after paying its way and replacing worn-out capital | $104.0bn | $111.9bn | ▼ 7.1% | $3,724 | 3.6% |
Per person uses the estimated resident population at the March quarter 2026 (27,921,200). Revenue here is value added, not sales: what Australia's workers, businesses and homes earn after paying for what they buy from each other. Changes are in dollars, before inflation.
Investment and how it was paid for
Year to the June quarter 2026The country paid for 87% of its investment from its own saving and borrowed the rest from abroad. The balance of payments puts the current account deficit at $94.9bn; the two are separate ABS releases and differ by $0.7bn.
The margin over time
Net saving as a share of national income, financial yearsEvery line is an official ABS figure from the national accounts (ANA_INC, ANA_AGG, ANA_EXP) and the balance of payments (BOP), summed over the four quarters shown, except depreciation, which the ABS data API doesn't publish at current prices. It is derived from the national income account identity: net saving = gross national income + net transfers from abroad − consumption − depreciation. Before the figures are stored, the loader checks that the income lines sum to GDP and that GDP agrees across the income, expenditure and key-aggregate tables.