Quality of life · Income & wealth
As at 13 October 2026 · official data unless labelled
Household disposable income per person (incl. public services)
What the numbers are telling us
Household disposable income per person, including public services, was A$72,268 (US$50,629 at purchasing power parity) in 2024, up 2.27% on the previous reading (US$49,503, at purchasing power parity).
In Australian dollars at the World Bank's household-consumption purchasing power parity for 2024: A$1.427 per US$. The OECD builds this figure with the PPP for all individual consumption (including public services such as health and education), which the World Bank does not publish; the household-consumption rate used here differs from it by about 2%.
It is above its 10-year average of US$48,924 at purchasing power parity, which is a better reading than usual.
Across 30 OECD countries (2024), Australia ranks 7th best of 30 on household income, above the median of A$62,119 (US$43,519 at purchasing power parity).
Why it matters
Income after tax and transfers, including the value of public services such as health and education: the OECD's main measure of material living standards.
What it should be
There is no official target, so Australia is judged against comparable countries: higher than the OECD median is better. The OECD median is US$43,519.
Every figure on this page is calculated from the stored official series (OECD, How's Life? Current well-being (OECD WISE)); the summary is written from the numbers, not edited by hand.