Australia · Income · 2022 data
Am I rich in Australia?
Enter your household income after tax. See your percentile — and what it actually means.
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Data: Australian Taxation Office — Taxation Statistics 2022-23, Table 16: Percentile distribution of taxable individuals, by taxable income, sex and state/territory · income year 2022, survey wave 2023
Income distribution in Australia
Each bar is a slice of Australia households. The cyan marker shows where you sit; the threshold flags below mark the median, top 10% and top 1%.
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What the numbers actually say
Useful framings, not slogans.
To join the top 10%, earn about 2.3× the median.
About 2.3× the typical household in Australia.
60% of Australia lives between $41,590 and $117,412.
If you're in this band, you're 'normal' — by the data.
The top 1% earn 5.9× the typical household.
It's a gulf, not a gap.
Cross $200,515 and you've outearned 95% of Australia.
The top 5% starts here.
The average ($91,551) sits well above the median.
A few very high earners pull the mean up — the median is the truer middle.
A top-10% household earns 4.9× the bottom 10%.
The full spread of Australia, in one number.
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