Welfare of households; key figures

Welfare of households; key figures

Household characteristics Periods Mean expenditures (1 000 euro)
Private households 2022* .
Type: Single person household 2022* .
Type: Multi-person household 2022* .
Type: One-parent family 2022* .
Type: Couple, total 2022* .
Type: Couple, no children 2022* .
Type: Couple, with child(ren) 2022* .
Type: Multi-person household, n.e.c. 2022* .
Main earner: to 24 years 2022* .
Main earner: 25 to 44 years 2022* .
Main earner: 45 to 64 years 2022* .
Main earner: 65 years or older 2022* .
Main earner: Dutch background 2022* .
Main earner: western background 2022* .
Main earner: non-western background 2022* .
Source: Income as employee 2022* .
Source: Income as self-employed (total) 2022* .
Source: Transfer income 2022* .
Source: Income insurance benefit 2022* .
Source: Unemployment benefit 2022* .
Source: Sickness/Disability benefit 2022* .
Source: Old-age/survivors pension 2022* .
Source: Social provisions benefit 2022* .
Source: Student grant 2022* .
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home 2022* .
Home ownership: Rent 2022* .
Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy 2022* .
Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy 2022* .
Equivalised income: 1st 10%-group 2022* .
Equivalised income: 2nd 10%-group 2022* .
Equivalised income: 3rd 10%-group 2022* .
Equivalised income: 4th 10%-group 2022* .
Equivalised income: 5th 10%-group 2022* .
Equivalised income: 6th 10%-group 2022* .
Equivalised income: 7th 10%-group 2022* .
Equivalised income: 8th 10%-group 2022* .
Equivalised income: 9th 10%-group 2022* .
Equivalised income: 10th 10%-group 2022* .
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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This table aims to show the distribution of welfare of private households, measured by their income, expenditures and wealth.
The figures in this table are broken down to different household characteristics.

The population consists of all private households with income on January 1st of the reporting year.
In the population for the subject low-income households, both student households and households with income only for a part of the year have been excluded.

Data available from: 2011

Status of the figures:
The figures for 2011 to 2021 are final. The figures for 2022 are preliminary.

Changes as of 8 November 2023:
Figures for 2021 are finalized. Preliminary figures for 2022 are added.

Changes as of 9 February 2022:
The preliminary figures for 2020 concerning ‘Mean expenditures’ have been added.
The topic 'Mean expenditures' only contains 5-annual data, for 2015 and 2020. The data for 2015 for this topic were still preliminary and are now final.

When will new figures be published?
New figures will be published in the fall of 2024.

Description topics

Mean expenditures
The mean yearly amount spent by households.

Households spend money on goods and services to fulfil their needs. Such expenditures may have been done in the Netherlands as well as abroad.