Income tables by household type, 1997/98

Appendix Table 28 – Receipt of cash benefits, 1997/98
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	0	939	631	626	2,196
	40-62	0	0	202	498	159	1,716	2,575
	63+	13,062	0	0	0	209	460	13,730
Couple without children	<40	0	0	0	298	326	14	638
	40-62	2,195	0	0	858	266	590	3,910
	63+	19,068	0	0	0	22	845	19,936
Couple with children	<30	0	1964	441	1,287	1,170	417	5,279
	30-34	0	1846	112	695	583	628	3,864
	35-39	0	1164	245	824	659	500	3,392
	40-44	0	1193	276	1,534	390	497	3,891
	45-49	112	405	85	667	373	1,260	2,902
	50+	4,657	315	192	2,530	401	1,935	10,030
Sole parents		807	3061	7,828	1134	1,684	2,478	16,992
Other family types		3,532	1767	3,260	3,798	1,587	2,676	16,621
Non-family households		2,153	42	0	2,594	821	1,056	6,666

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

Appendix Table 29 – Receipt of education benefits, 1997/98
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	48	784	29	862
	40-62	0	0	18	193	7	217
	63+	0	0	0	22	0	22
Couple without children	<40	0	0	85	610	99	793
	40-62	0	0	138	147	11	296
	63+	0	0	0	32	0	32
Couple with children	<30	1,036	2,057	29	581	123	3,826
	30-34	1070	4,049	471	437	145	6,173
	35-39	717	4,492	2,341	813	247	8,610
	40-44	153	2,711	3,966	1,209	353	8,392
	45-49	11	913	2,712	2,646	507	6,790
	50+	0	337	732	2,021	122	3,212
Sole parents		462	2,921	1,891	953	262	6,489
Other family types		370	1,705	1,299	2,729	249	6,352
Non-family households		0	56	122	5,962	87	6,226

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

Appendix Table 30 – Receipt of total government benefits, 1997/98
Household type	Age	Cash benefits G	Education M	Health N	Total govt benefits O =G+M+N
Single person	<40	2,196	862	885	3,943
	40-62	2,575	217	1,141	3,933
	63+	13,730	22	4,942	18,694
Couple without children	<40	638	793	1,645	3,076
	40-62	3,910	296	2,430	6,636
	63+	19,936	32	7,311	27,279
Couple with children	<30	5,279	3,826	6,132	15,237
	30-34	3,864	6,173	5,667	15,704
	35-39	3,392	8,610	4,442	16,444
	40-44	3,891	8,392	3,650	15,933
	45-49	2,902	6,790	3,466	13,158
	50+	10,030	3,212	4,393	17,635
Sole parents		16,992	6,489	3,451	26,932
Other family types		16,621	6,352	6,073	29,046
Non-family households		6,666	6,226	3,276	16,168

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

Appendix Table 31 – Tax payments, 1997/98
Household type	Age	Income tax P	Consumption tax Q	Total tax R =P+Q
Single person	<40	7,563	3,972	11,535
	40-62	10,131	4,397	14,528
	63+	3,759	2,607	6,366
Couple without children	<40	18,596	7,807	26,403
	40-62	16,230	7,165	23,395
	63+	7,735	4,827	12,562
Couple with children	<30	9,442	5,175	14,617
	30-34	13,341	7,139	20,480
	35-39	19,405	9,165	28,570
	40-44	20,671	10,694	31,365
	45-49	23,430	10,595	34,025
	50+	15,347	8,708	24,055
Sole parents		6,294	4,335	10,629
Other family types		14,552	7,726	22,278
Non-family households		12,775	7,554	20,329

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

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