Statistics Norway

Income statistics for households. Different households

2 Registered incomes for households1 by type of household. Average in NOK. 2009
  All households Type of household
  Living alone, person under 30 years2 Living alone, person 30-44 years Living alone, person 45-66 years Living alone, person 67 years and over Couple3 without resident children, oldest person under 30 years Couple3 without resident children, oldest person 30-44 years Couple3 without resident children, oldest person 45-66 years Couple3 without resident children, oldest person 67 years and over Couples3 with children 0-5 years Couples3 with children 6-17 years Couples3 with children 18 years and older Mother/father with children 0-5 years Mother/father with children 6-17 years Mother/father with children 18 years and older Two or more-familiy households
Income from work  436 500  237 600  322 200  250 300 10 800  559 700  725 100  620 300 82 200  696 000  876 900  871 400  164 300  338 800  413 800  575 200
Wages and salaries  406 500  231 900  305 400  232 100 9 200  545 500  692 800  571 200 71 000  650 300  810 700  801 300  157 700  322 900  386 500  528 700
Net income from self-employment 30 000 5 700 16 800 18 300 1 600 14 200 32 300 49 200 11 200 45 600 66 200 70 100 6 600 15 900 27 300 46 400
                                 
Property income 24 400 3 100 7 700 16 200 15 300 7 300 16 000 47 100 35 900 25 300 42 800 45 600 4 800 8 900 20 400 25 000
Interest received 9 200 1 500 2 700 7 100 11 500 3 700 5 300 15 600 22 100 5 800 8 900 14 800 1 800 3 700 9 400 10 500
Share dividends received 11 400 1 100 4 100 7 200 1 800 2 600 7 900 22 700 8 500 15 700 27 400 22 800 2 100 5 500 6 300 8 700
Realised capital gains 4 900  400 1 800 3 300 2 200 1 100 3 700 10 700 6 400 5 200 8 200 9 500 1 100 2 100 4 600 5 500
Realised capital losses 4 800  500 2 400 4 100 2 100 1 500 4 000 9 100 5 900 5 200 7 300 8 600 1 100 4 000 3 400 4 900
Other capital incomes 3 700  600 1 500 2 600 1 900 1 500 3 200 7 200 4 900 3 800 5 700 7 100  900 1 700 3 400 5 300
                                 
Transfers received  156 200 33 300 56 500  110 200  229 100 42 400 60 300  167 600  430 400  148 700  107 300  172 200  186 100  125 100  165 300  252 700
Taxable transfers  139 600 23 700 48 000  103 700  225 500 29 700 54 000  164 700  428 300  110 200 73 700  162 000  110 000 69 100  149 700  222 100
Social security benefits 86 000 11 700 29 100 67 100  176 300 9 200 24 200 81 200  319 500 18 400 36 000 96 600 69 400 41 100  102 300  142 600
Old-age pensions 47 200 0 0 0  173 700 0 0 0  296 800  100  600 29 400 0  100 38 800 64 200
Disability pension4 26 700 5 100 18 100 54 300 2 100 1 900 11 300 69 100 21 200 5 900 19 400 48 700 7 000 17 100 41 300 50 500
Service pensions etc 20 900  200  700 14 100 47 200  200  700 32 100 90 700 1 200 5 500 21 000  900 3 900 17 500 26 000
Contractual pension (AFP) 4 500 0 0 5 500  800 0 0 19 900 12 700 0  200 5 800 0 0 2 000 4 400
Unemployment benefits 4 300 4 100 5 900 3 200  100 5 900 7 500 3 900  600 7 100 5 100 7 800 3 500 3 600 6 400 9 500
Sickness benefits5 16 600 6 100 11 000 13 000  300 13 000 19 800 26 500 3 400 29 900 25 600 29 400 16 000 19 100 19 800 28 200
Other taxable transfers6 7 300 1 500 1 300  900  900 1 400 1 800 1 000 1 400 53 600 1 200 1 300 20 200 1 300 1 600 11 300
                                 
Tax-free transfers 16 500 9 600 8 500 6 500 3 600 12 700 6 400 2 900 2 100 38 500 33 600 10 300 76 100 56 000 15 600 30 700
Familiy allowances 6 800  100 1 000  300 0  100  400  100 0 22 100 21 400 1 100 26 500 25 000 1 700 10 600
Dwelling support 1 200 1 100 1 600 1 900 2 200  300  500  200  100  800  400  200 8 100 2 900 1 200 1 400
Scholarships 1 900 3 300  200 0 0 9 100 1 900 0 0 2 400 4 100 4 200 3 200 5 700 4 500 5 000
Social assistance 2 000 3 700 4 300 2 500  100 1 900 2 000  500 0 2 200 1 300 1 400 9 000 4 400 3 600 4 000
Basic and attendance benefits 1 500  500  700 1 100 1 200  400  500 1 100 1 500 1 600 3 100 1 800 1 600 3 200 1 800 2 800
Cash for care  700 0  100 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100 0 0 4 700 0 0 1 700
Other tax-free transfers7 2 500  800  600  700  100 1 000 1 000 1 000  500 4 400 3 300 1 600 22 900 15 000 2 800 5 200
                                 
Total income  617 100  274 000  386 400  376 700  255 200  609 400  801 500  835 000  548 500  869 900 1 026 900 1 089 200  355 200  472 800  599 400  852 900
                                 
Assessed taxes and negative transfers  158 100 63 400  103 300 98 200 43 100  145 400  219 200  237 200  114 800  226 600  289 400  296 100 47 500 98 400  141 900  197 400
Assessed taxes  154 100 62 100 99 200 94 700 43 000  142 500  212 700  231 700  114 200  220 300  282 400  289 400 45 500 94 700  137 900  191 800
Negative transfers8 4 000 1 300 4 100 3 500  100 3 000 6 400 5 600  600 6 300 7 000 6 700 1 900 3 600 4 000 5 600
                                 
After-tax income  459 000  210 600  283 100  278 500  212 000  464 000  582 300  597 800  433 700  643 300  737 500  793 100  307 700  374 500  457 600  655 600
                                 
Number of households 2 152 031  167 810  183 639  262 247  236 650 38 115 51 508  238 335  172 648  228 377  249 949 91 962 28 738 85 828 46 429 69 796
1  Students not included.
2  Private households consisting of single persons living alone under the age of 18 are not included in the data. Most of these persons are probably wrongly classified due to errors in input data. Some may be persons 0-18 years living with adults other than their parents, for instance foster childs and persons living in orphan homes.
3  Married couples, cohabiting couples and registered partners.
4  Disability benefits includes permanent disability pension, preliminary disability benefits, time limited disability benefits and means-tested child supplement for receivers of time limited disability benefits (from 2007).
5  Sickness benefits from the National Insurance Scheme. Holiday payments from sickness benefits are included.
6  Other taxable transfers include benefits such as parental benefit, annuity, introduction benefits for newly arrived refugees and qualification benefit (from 2008).
7  Other tax-free transfers include benefits such as childcare benefit to single parents, lump sum maternity grants, compensation for work injury, education benefit to single parents and received child support managed by public arrangement. Various benefits received by people attending job creating programs are included from 2009.
8  Negative transfers include paid child support managed by public arrangement, paid annuity and mandatory contribution to private pension plan.
Source: Income statistics for households.

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