Statistics Norway

Income and property statistics for households

1   Income account for households, by type of household. Average per household. 2003. NOK
  All households Of which:
  Single Couples without children Couples with children 0-6 years Couples with children 7-19 years Mother/father with children 0-19 years Households with adult children
Salary  319 100       139 700  337 300  565 000  660 800  239 600  526 000
+Wages and salaries  293 000  130 000  309 600  523 800  598 400  223 400  471 400
+Net entrepreneurial income 26 100 9 700 27 700 41 200 62 400 16 100 54 600
               
+Property income 38 600 9 900 68 800 41 600 84 600 8 400 83 400
+Interest received 9 200 5 800 17 400 5 100 9 800 2 900 16 900
+Share dividends received 25 500 4 400 44 200 24 300 67 500 4 300 66 900
+ Realised capital gains 3 100  500 5 300 8 300 4 800  600 3 400
- Realised capital losses 4 000 2 200 5 800 4 100 6 600 1 000 9 300
+Other property income 4 800 1 500 7 600 8 000 9 100 1 600 5 400
               
+Transfers received 99 900 80 200  154 900 73 900 68 400  107 100  127 400
               
+Taxable transfers 83 800 72 600  151 300 29 600 40 800 58 800  118 900
+Social security benefits 60 300 56 200  106 600 15 100 26 500 36 200 88 500
+Service pension 16 400 12 700 39 600 1 600 5 700 3 200 18 600
+ Unemployment benefit 5 200 3 500 4 300 10 300 6 000 3 900 11 400
+Alimonies 1 900  300  800 2 500 2 600 15 500  200
               
+Tax-free transfers 16 100 7 600 3 700 44 300 27 700 48 300 8 600
+Family (children's) allowances 6 800  100  100 25 000 19 100 24 800  200
+Dwelling rent supports  900 1 300  100  700  300 3 800  500
+Scholarships 2 400 2 100 1 300 2 400 3 900 4 900 2 700
+Social assistance 2 300 2 900  400 2 700 1 500 4 800 2 800
+Cash benefits 1 300 0 0 10 100 0 2 100 0
+Other transfers1 2 200 1 100 1 700 3 500 2 900 7 900 2 400
               
=Total household income  457 500  229 800  561 100  680 400  813 900  355 100  736 800
               
-Total assessed taxes and negative transfers  112 500 53 400  140 400  171 100  215 400 68 300  179 000
+Assessed taxes  108 900 51 100  137 200  165 500  209 500 64 500  174 400
+Negative transfers2 3 500 2 300 3 200 5 500 5 900 3 800 4 600
               
=After tax income  345 100  176 400  420 700  509 400  598 500  286 800  557 800
               
-Interest payment and housing income 28 300 13 100 23 400 64 100 52 700 30 900 36 900
+Interest paid 31 700 14 800 28 400 68 300 58 800 33 400 42 100
-Imputed rent own dwelling/second home 3 400 1 600 5 000 4 200 6 100 2 600 5 100
               
=Income after tax and interest payments  316 800  163 200  397 300  445 300  545 800  255 900  520 900
               
Percentage of households  100.0 42.4 22.5 11.7 11.0 6.3 4.5
Number of observations 16 930 4 172 4 389 2 592 3 194  910 1 275
1  Other transfers comprise taxfree transfers like basic and attendance benefit, maternity grant, childcare benefit and education benefit.
2  Negative transfers contains maintenance and contribution to private and public pension schemes (jobrelated).

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