Income, consumption, wealth of households: key figures; National Accounts

Income, consumption, wealth of households: key figures; National Accounts

Characteristics of households Periods Total amount Income Social transfers in kind (million euros) Average amount Income Social transfers in kind (1,000 euro) Standardised amount Income Social transfers in kind (1,000 euro)
Total 2021* 158,566 19.0 12.8
Disposable income: 1st 20%-group 2021* 31,483 18.8 15.2
Disposable income: 2nd 20%-group 2021* 35,306 21.1 15.2
Disposable income: 3rd 20%-group 2021* 33,060 19.8 12.8
Disposable income: 4th 20%-group 2021* 31,047 18.6 11.5
Disposable income: 5th 20%-group 2021* 27,670 16.6 10.2
Type: Single man 2021* 12,564 8.4 8.4
Type: Single woman 2021* 22,406 14.2 14.3
Type: One-parent family 2021* 13,389 23.7 14.6
Type: Couple, with child(ren) 2021* 59,713 30.6 13.9
Type: Couple, no children 2021* 38,539 17.2 11.5
Other types of households 2021* 11,955 23.1 16.1
Source of income: mixed income 2021* 15,129 18.2 11.3
Source of income: compensation of employ 2021* 75,655 17.8 10.9
Source of income: old age benefits 2021* 50,635 23.5 19.0
Source of income: other 2021* 17,147 15.3 12.0
Main earner: to 35 years 2021* 22,144 12.7 9.6
Main earner: 35 to 50 years 2021* 44,008 22.4 12.9
Main earner: 50 to 65 years 2021* 37,748 16.4 10.2
Main earner: 65 years or older 2021* 54,666 23.2 18.4
Home ownership: Owner-occupied home 2021* 92,350 20.7 12.5
Home ownership: Rent with rent subsidy 2021* 29,028 20.1 15.7
Home ownership: Rent: no rent subsidy 2021* 30,306 14.6 11.1
Home ownership: Other 2021* 6,882 18.8 17.4
Net worth: 1st 20%-group 2021* 26,346 15.8 13.0
Net worth: 2nd 20%-group 2021* 30,117 18.0 13.7
Net worth: 3rd 20%-group 2021* 31,696 19.0 12.4
Net worth: 4th 20%-group 2021* 35,403 21.2 12.9
Net worth: 5th 20%-group 2021* 35,004 21.0 12.3
Source: CBS.
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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.

Changes as of October 19th 2023:
The figures of 2015-2020 are revised. Results for 2021 are added to the table.

When will new figures be published?
New figures will be released in October 2024.

Description topics

Total amount
Income
Receipts from production, wages, social transfers, and property income. Compensation of employees are the wages received for labour, including the social contributions paid for by the employers. Gross operating surplus, gross mixed income and gross disposable income are balancing items. Social transfers in kind are also included, together with disposable income, this leads to the balancing item adjusted disposable income.
Social transfers in kind
Social transfers in kind consist of individual goods and services provided for free or at prices that are not economically significant to individual households by government units and NPISHs, whether purchased on the market or produced as non-market output by government units or NPISHs. They are financed out of taxation, other government income or social security contributions, or out of donations and property income in the case of NPISHs.
Average amount
Amount per household.
Income
Receipts from production, wages, social transfers, and property income. Compensation of employees are the wages received for labour, including the social contributions paid for by the employers. Gross operating surplus, gross mixed income and gross disposable income are balancing items. Social transfers in kind are also included, together with disposable income, this leads to the balancing item adjusted disposable income.
Social transfers in kind
Social transfers in kind consist of individual goods and services provided for free or at prices that are not economically significant to individual households by government units and NPISHs, whether purchased on the market or produced as non-market output by government units or NPISHs. They are financed out of taxation, other government income or social security contributions, or out of donations and property income in the case of NPISHs.
Standardised amount
Amount per household converted to a single-person household.
Income
Receipts from production, wages, social transfers, and property income. Compensation of employees are the wages received for labour, including the social contributions paid for by the employers. Gross operating surplus, gross mixed income and gross disposable income are balancing items. Social transfers in kind are also included, together with disposable income, this leads to the balancing item adjusted disposable income.
Social transfers in kind
Social transfers in kind consist of individual goods and services provided for free or at prices that are not economically significant to individual households by government units and NPISHs, whether purchased on the market or produced as non-market output by government units or NPISHs. They are financed out of taxation, other government income or social security contributions, or out of donations and property income in the case of NPISHs.