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: type of household

Continuous household budget surveys (LWR)

Income, receipts and expenditure of households1; Type of household in 2021

Income, ­receipts and ­expenditure

Households,

total

Households, by type of household
persons
living alone		of whom2single
parents3		couplesof whomother
house­holds5
men
living
alone		woman
living
alone		without
child		with
child(ren)4

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.
2: Due to the low number of cases, people whose sex was coded as "Gender diverse" or "Not stated in the birth register" have been randomly categorised as male or female for the presentation of results.
3: Unmarried child(ren) aged under 18 years.
4: Unmarried child(ren) aged under 18 years of main income earner or spouse/partner.
5: Among others, households with a child/children above the age of 18 years, multi­generational households, persons sharing a flat.
() = 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 data because the numerical value is not sufficiently reliable.

– = No figures or magnitude zero.

Source: Continuous household budget surveys.

Averages per household and month in EUR
Gross household income4,9792,9413,3172,7633,6896,3805,8157,5917,484
Gross income from employment3,1361,6672,0431,4911,9374,0613,2465,8095,292
Gross income from dependent employment3,1041,6542,0191,4811,9294,0223,2125,7605,214
Gross income from self­employment3214(23)(10)/39345078
Property income434231293202165583580589688
Income from public transfer payments1,1558527678929401,4601,6899681,209
Income from non-public transfer payments and receipts from subletting253191213176647276300224293
Minus:
Taxes and expenses1,2137018776186231,5731,3732,0031,877
Income tax, wage tax, church tax and solidarity surcharge538311427256235704597933822
Compulsory social security contributions6753904503623898697751,0701,054
Plus:
Employers’ subsidies towards voluntary or private health insurance and towards long-term care insurance in cases of voluntary or private health insurance4422(36)(16)/60478968
Subsidies of pension insurance funds towards voluntary or private health insurance32(4)(2)–46/(2)
Net household income3,8132,2642,4792,1633,0784,8714,4965,6775,677
Plus:
Receipts­ from­ selling goods­and other­ receipts675079357281759378
Disposable income and receipts3,8802,3132,5582,1983,1504,9534,5715,7705,755
Income from property change and loans1,053734819693(350)1,4311,3501,6031,033
Private consumption expenditure2,6231,6581,6371,6682,1923,3403,1173,8193,586
Other expenditure2,1711,2891,6271,1301 2292,9312,6353,5662,827

As at December 2, 2022

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Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure (EVS)

Income, receipts and expenditure of households
Type of household in 2018
Income, receipts and expenditureHouseholds, totalHouseholds, by households type

persons living alone

of whomsingle parents1

couples

of whomother households3
men living alonewomen living alonewithout childwith child(ren)2

1: Unmarried child(ren) aged under 18 years.
2: Unmarried child(ren) aged under 18 years of main income earner or spouse/partner.
3: Among others, households with a child/children above the age of 18 years, multi-generational households, persons sharing a flat, etc.
4: Other taxes, voluntary contributions to statutory pension, insurance premiums, other transfers and expenditures, interest paid on loans, and statistical difference.

() = 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 data because the numerical value is not suffi­ciently reliable.

Source: Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure.

Averages per household and month in EUR
Gross household income4,8462,8123,1352,6143,1476,2465,6597,4357, 367
Gross income from employ­ment3,1221,6212,0041,3871,8454,0703,2585,7135,295
Gross income from dependent employment2,8171,4921,8051,3001,7033,6362,9045,1174,802
Gross income from self-employ­ment30412919987142434354596493
Property income458238275215186616597653732
Income from public transfer pay­ments9937636818137621,2401,473768974
Income from non-public transfer pay­ments and receipts from sub­letting272190175199353320330299365
minus:
Taxes and social charges1,2226898595855961,5971,3892,0201,901
Income tax, wage tax, church tax and solidarity surcharge5803174382442497686511,006907
Compulsory social security contri­butions6423714213413488297371,013994
plus:
Employers’ subsidies towards voluntary or private health insu­rance and towards long-term care insu­rance in cases of volun­tary or private health insu­rance34162510(9)48347554
Subsidies of pension insu­rance funds towards volun­tary or private health insu­rance3342

/

57/2
Net household income3,6612,1422,3052,0432,5604,7014,3115,4905,522
plus:
Receipts from selling goods and other receipts6540503541897811276
Dispo­sable income and receipts3,7262,1822,3552,0772,6014,7904,3895,6025,597
Income from property change and loans1,1246559075013781,5601,5481,5831,386
Private consumption expen­diture2,7041,7061,7291,6922,2083,4023,1893,8323,813
Other expen­diture2,0691,1281,5048997702,8282,6423,2042,965
memo­randum item:
Remaining expen­diture4484239308196227662627732771
Savings5392373171891677275731,0371,013

As at February 28, 2020

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