HILDA: Typical Aussie household no better-off than 2009

Monday 30 July 2018

The 2018 Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey has been released, which follows the lives of more than 17,000 Australians each year.

A key finding from this year’s report is that real median household disposable income was roughly the same in 2016 ($79,244) as it was in 2009 ($79,160):

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About the author

Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.