Income, consumption, wealth of households: key figures; NA, 2015-2021

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Characteristics of households Total amount Expenditure Actual individual consumption (million euros) Average amount Expenditure Actual individual consumption (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Expenditure Actual individual consumption (1,000 euro)
Total 513,496 61.5 41.5
Disposable income: 1st 20%-group 73,138 43.8 35.3
Disposable income: 2nd 20%-group 86,335 51.7 37.3
Disposable income: 3rd 20%-group 100,753 60.3 39.1
Disposable income: 4th 20%-group 115,686 69.3 42.8
Disposable income: 5th 20%-group 137,584 82.4 50.8
Type: Single man 64,860 43.2 43.4
Type: Single woman 72,826 46.2 46.6
Type: One-parent family 35,073 62.1 38.3
Type: Couple, with child(ren) 167,790 86.0 38.9
Type: Couple, no children 145,438 64.8 43.4
Other types of households 27,509 53.1 37.0
Source of income: mixed income 56,934 68.6 42.6
Source of income: compensation of employ 279,322 65.8 40.2
Source of income: old age benefits 129,523 60.0 48.7
Source of income: other 47,717 42.6 33.3
Main earner: to 35 years 85,449 49.0 37.2
Main earner: 35 to 50 years 135,226 69.0 39.6
Main earner: 50 to 65 years 149,070 65.0 40.4
Main earner: 65 years or older 143,751 61.1 48.4
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home 329,547 73.7 44.6
Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy 68,063 47.2 36.9
Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy 101,329 48.9 37.0
Home ownership: Other 14,557 39.7 36.9
Net worth: 1st 20%-group 71,167 42.6 35.2
Net worth: 2nd 20%-group 84,541 50.6 38.3
Net worth: 3rd 20%-group 102,344 61.3 40.0
Net worth: 4th 20%-group 119,268 71.4 43.4
Net worth: 5th 20%-group 136,176 81.5 48.0
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table describes the distribution of income, consumption, and wealth components of the sector households in the national accounts over different household groups. Households are identified by main source of income, living situation, household composition, age classes of the head of the household, income class by 20% groups, and net worth class by 20% groups.

Data available from: 2015.

Status of the figures:
All data are provisional. Since this table has been discontinued, provisional data will not become final.

Changes as of January 29th 2026:
None. This table has been discontinued.
Statistics Netherlands has carried out a revision of the national accounts. The Dutch national accounts are recently revised. New statistical sources, methods and concepts are implemented in the national accounts, in order to align the picture of the Dutch economy with all underlying source data and international guidelines for the compilation of the national accounts. For further information see section 3.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.

Description topics

Total amount
Expenditure
Expenditures on goods and services that are used for the direct satisfaction of individual needs. This includes the social transfers in kind, which together with the individual expenditures result in actual individual final consumption.
Actual individual consumption
Actual individual consumption of households equals social transfers in kind plus final consumption expenditure.
Average amount
Amount per household.
Expenditure
Expenditures on goods and services that are used for the direct satisfaction of individual needs. This includes the social transfers in kind, which together with the individual expenditures result in actual individual final consumption.
Actual individual consumption
Actual individual consumption of households equals social transfers in kind plus final consumption expenditure.
Standardised amount
Amount per household converted to a single-person household.
Expenditure
Expenditures on goods and services that are used for the direct satisfaction of individual needs. This includes the social transfers in kind, which together with the individual expenditures result in actual individual final consumption.
Actual individual consumption
Actual individual consumption of households equals social transfers in kind plus final consumption expenditure.