This page will no longer be updated. It contains results from the continuous household budget surveys and the sample survey of income and expenditure up to the 2021 survey year.

The European EU-SILC survey is the official main data source for measuring income, the risk of poverty and living conditions. Therefore, current results for household income can be found under income, living conditions, risk of poverty.

Current results for household expenditure from the continuous household budget surveys and the sample survey of income and expenditure can be found under consumption expenditure.

Receipts, expenditure Income, receipts and expenditure of households: size of household

Continuous household budget surveys (LWR)

Income, receipts and expenditure of households1; Size of household in 2021
Income, receipts and expenditureHouseholds,
total		Households with ... persons
12345 or more

1: Excluding households of farmers and self-employed persons as well as households with a monthly net household income of EUR 18,000 and over.
/ = No data because the numerical value is not sufficiently reliable.
() = Limited informational value because the numerical value based on the number of households (25 to under 100 households) is of limited statistical reliability (relative standard error of 10% to under 20%).

– = No figures or magnitude zero.

Source: Continuous household budget surveys.

Averages per household and month in EUR
Gross household income4,9792,9415,5767,1248,2788,849
Gross income from employment3,1361,6673,1625,1636,3516,190
Gross income from dependent employment3,1041,6543,1325,0876,2856,144
Gross income from self-employment32143176(66)(45)
Property income434231532584706799
Income from public transfer payments1,1558521,5621,0759791,617
Income from non-public transfer payments and receipts from subletting253191318301242244
Minus:
Taxes and expenses1,2137011,3021,8132,2052,159
Income tax, wage tax, church tax and solidarity surcharge5383115617991,0181,052
Compulsory social security contributions6753907411,0141,1881,108
Plus:
Employers’ subsidies towards voluntary or private health insurance and towards long-term care insurance in cases of voluntary or private health insurance44224162104(115)
Subsidies of pension insurance funds towards voluntary or private health insurance326/––
Net household income3,8132,2644,3225,3746,1776,805
Plus:
Receipts from selling goods and other receipts6750719288117
Disposable income and receipts3,8802,3134,3935,4666,2646,922
Income from property change and loans1,0537341,2481,3381,214(1,774)
Private consumption expenditure2,6231,6582,9843,4214,1174,591
Other expenditure2,1711,2892,4893,0733,0254,921

As at December 2, 2022

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Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure (EVS)

Income, receipts and expenditure of households
Size of household in 2018
Income, receipts and expenditure

Households,

total

Households with ... persons
12345 or more

1: Other taxes, voluntary contri­butions to statutory pension, insu­rance premiums, other trans­fers and expen­ditures, interest paid on loans, and statisti­cal difference.

/ = No data because the numeri­cal value is not suffi­ciently reliable.
() = Limited informa­tional value because the numeri­cal value based on the number of house­holds (25 to under 100 house­holds) is of limited statisti­cal reliability (relative standard error of 10% to under 20%).

Source: Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure.

Averages per household and month in EUR
Gross household income4,8462,8125,3987,1747,9348,245
Gross income from employ­ment3,1221,6213,1445,3566,0915,879
Gross income from dependent employ­ment2,8171,4922,8144,8495,4915,140
Gross income from self-employ­ment304129330507600739
Property income458238547639768851
Income from public transfer pay­ments9937631,3598178291,243
Income from non-public transfer pay­ments and receipts from sub­letting272190349363245271
minus:
Taxes and social charges1,2226891,3111,9262,1502,032
Income tax, wage tax, church tax and solidarity surcharge5803176099421,0611,007
Compulsory social security contri­butions6423717029841,0881,026
plus:
Employers’ subsidies towards voluntary or private health insu­rance and towards long-term care insurance in cases of voluntary or private health insu­rance341631597979
Subsidies of pension insu­rance funds towards volun­tary or private health insu­rance336(1)//
Net household income3,6612,1424,1245,3085,8646,291
plus:
Receipts from selling goods and other receipts6540739111494
Dispo­sable income and receipts3,7262,1824,1965,3995,9786,385
Income from property change and loans1,1246551,3881,7941,4601,050
Private consump­tion expen­diture2,7041,7063,0563,6644,1224,439
Other expen­diture2,0691,1282,4303,3183,1692,847
memo­randum item:
Remaining expen­diture1484239580775771794
Savings5392375609611,0851,152

As at February 28, 2020

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