Income tables by household type, 1987/88

Appendix Table 22 – Receipt of cash benefits, 1987/88
Household type	Age	National Super A	Family Assistance B	DPB C	Unemployment Benefit D	Accommodation Supplement E	Other Benefits F	Total cash benefits G =A+B+C+D+E+F
Single person	<40	0	0	34	1,402	120	341	1,897
	40-59	0	0	344	951	495	2,242	4,032
	60+	12,815	0	0	0	374	0	13,189
Couple without children	<40	46	0	0	747	119	97	1,009
	40-59	4,545	0	0	83	151	262	5,041
	60+	20,771	0	0	0	202	20	20,993
Couple with children	<30	0	1,697	191	2,080	868	41	4,876
	30-34	130	1,539	181	1,027	547	135	3,559
	35-39	83	948	0	565	371	35	2,002
	40-44	316	450	0	430	342	113	1,652
	45-49	333	308	0	606	256	346	1,850
	50+	7,782	310	27	1,535	334	1,233	11,220
Sole parents		1,611	4,516	10,147	1,101	1,585	1,439	20,399
Other family types		5,324	2,435	4,353	2,753	1,241	1,616	17,721
Non-family households		3,148	0	93	1,710	217	492	5,661

All figures reported in this table are $1997 dollars per household per year.

Appendix Table 23 – Receipt of education benefits, 1987/88
Household type	Age	Early childhood H	State primary I	State secondary J	Tertiary K	Other education L	Total education M =H+I+J+K+L
Single person	<40	0	0	22	1,064	0	1,086
	40-59	0	0	0	237	0	237
	60+	0	0	0	12	0	12
Couple without children	<40	0	19	0	492	0	512
	40-59	0	0	0	76	0	76
	60+	0	0	0	12	0	12
Couple with children	<30	376	1,916	60	285	5	2,643
	30-34	338	4,717	989	359	44	6,446
	35-39	177	4,044	3,272	668	86	8,248
	40-44	40	1,765	4,523	1,237	61	7,626
	45-49	12	866	3,229	2,358	14	6,479
	50+	3	584	1,420	1,966	8	3,980
Sole parents		112	2,107	1,941	632	27	4,819
Other family types		121	1,886	1,721	2,081	53	5,864
Non-family households		0	0	74	4,280	0	4,354

All figures reported in this table are $1997 dollars per household per year.

Appendix Table 24 – Receipt of total government benefits, 1987/88
Household type		Cash benefits G	Education M	Health N	Total govt benefits O =G+M+N
Single person	<40	1,897	1,086	797	3,780
	40-59	4,032	237	1,019	5,288
	60+	13,189	12	4,327	17,527
Couple without children	<40	1,009	512	1,952	3,473
	40-59	5,041	76	2,583	7,701
	60+	20,993	12	6,394	27,400
Couple with children	<30	4,876	2,643	3,922	11,441
	30-34	3,559	6,446	3,658	13,663
	35-39	2,002	8,248	3,128	13,378
	40-44	1,652	7,626	2,808	12,086
	45-49	1,850	6,479	2,946	11,275
	50+	11,220	3,980	4,419	19,620
Sole parents		20,399	4,819	2,653	27,871
Other family types		17,721	5,864	5,291	28,876
Non-family households		5,661	4,354	2,789	12,804

All figures reported in this table are $1997 dollars per household per year.

Appendix Table 25 – Tax payments, 1987/88
Household type	Age	Income tax P	Consumption tax Q	Total tax R =P+Q
Single person	<40	9,859	3,684	13,543
	40-59	8,888	3,493	12,381
	60+	4,250	2,163	6,414
Couple without children	<40	19,091	7,052	26,142
	40-59	15,608	6,291	21,899
	60+	8,837	4,455	13,292
Couple with children	<30	11,580	5,700	17,281
	30-34	17,027	7,097	24,124
	35-39	19,728	7,914	27,641
	40-44	20,614	9,098	29,712
	45-49	22,430	9,386	31,815
	50+	22,836	8,050	30,886
Sole parents		7,353	4,468	11,822
Other family types		16,693	7,823	24,515
Non-family households		15,870	7,386	23,256

All figures reported in this table are $1997 dollars per household per year.

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