Statistics Norway

Income statistics for households. Different households

2 Registered incomes for households1, by type of household. Average in NOK. 2011
  All households 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
Income from work  469 300  244 700  337 000  270 800 14 800  582 700  761 900  678 800  102 300  745 200  956 200  947 900  176 800  366 800  448 200
Wages and salaries  436 700  237 700  318 900  251 100 12 500  567 700  725 800  626 100 88 100  695 900  884 600  871 400  170 300  349 000  418 300
Net income from self-employment 32 600 7 000 18 100 19 600 2 300 15 000 36 100 52 700 14 300 49 300 71 600 76 500 6 500 17 900 29 900
                               
Property income 31 600 4 100 9 000 20 800 21 700 9 000 21 100 59 400 49 400 30 900 52 500 64 400 6 900 14 700 24 200
Interest received 9 900 1 900 3 000 7 600 12 300 4 700 6 200 16 300 23 500 6 500 9 700 16 200 2 200 4 400 10 100
Share dividends received 14 300 1 300 4 100 8 700 5 000 2 200 10 100 26 700 14 700 17 500 32 200 31 700 3 100 7 000 9 400
Realised capital gains 8 000  700 2 700 5 400 4 600 1 600 4 700 17 000 12 400 7 700 11 700 17 000 1 800 3 700 6 000
Realised capital losses 4 700  500 2 300 3 800 2 300 1 100 3 600 8 700 7 300 4 900 7 200 8 600 1 100 2 400 4 200
Other capital incomes 4 100  600 1 500 2 900 2 100 1 600 3 600 8 000 6 100 4 200 6 200 8 100 1 000 1 900 2 900
                               
Transfers received  171 300 35 000 59 000  119 700  253 900 43 000 62 500  189 100  476 400  156 800  112 700  188 900  190 900  129 500  177 200
Taxable transfers  154 800 25 000 50 300  113 000  250 400 29 100 55 800  186 100  474 200  119 100 78 900  177 900  114 600 73 900  161 100
Social security benefits 98 100 13 900 32 000 74 900  194 900 10 900 27 100 99 000  354 200 20 700 41 200  111 700 72 500 45 600  112 600
Old-age pensions 55 700 0 0 2 900  192 000 0 0 11 500  329 500  100 1 200 36 500 0  300 41 600
Disability pension4 24 300 4 500 14 600 53 400 2 500 1 300 7 400 66 900 22 900 3 300 13 100 44 200 3 800 11 400 37 700
Work Assesment Allowance5 15 700 9 200 17 100 14 900  100 9 500 19 500 19 900 1 600 15 400 26 000 30 300 17 300 25 200 28 200
Service pensions etc 23 100  300  600 14 800 53 200  200  600 34 000 99 100 1 200 5 600 22 500  900 4 200 19 100
Contractual pension (AFP) 5 200 0 0 6 100 1 200 0 0 22 900 15 600 0  300 6 800 0  100 2 200
Contractual pension (AFP) in public sector6 5 100 0 0 5 900 1 200 0 0 22 100 15 500 0  300 6 600 0  100 2 200
Contractual pension (AFP) in private sector  100 0 0  200 0 0 0  800  100 0 0  300 0 0  100
Unemployment benefits 4 800 3 800 6 300 3 900  100 5 600 8 300 4 600  800 8 400 5 800 7 700 5 100 4 000 7 200
Sickness benefits7 15 500 4 700 9 400 12 500  300 10 700 17 400 25 600 3 400 28 200 24 600 28 100 14 300 17 900 18 300
Other taxable transfers8 8 300 2 400 2 100  900  700 1 700 2 300  800 1 100 60 600 1 400 1 300 21 800 2 000 1 700
                               
Tax-free transfers 16 500 9 900 8 700 6 700 3 600 13 900 6 700 3 000 2 300 37 700 33 800 11 000 76 300 55 600 16 100
Familiy allowances 6 600  100 1 000  300 0  100  500  100 0 21 900 21 300 1 200 25 800 24 700 1 700
Dwelling support 1 500 2 000 2 400 2 400 2 200  700  800  200  100 1 000  500  400 9 900 3 500 1 600
Scholarships 2 000 3 200  200 0 0 9 800 2 200 0 0 2 500 4 300 4 700 3 300 6 000 5 000
Social assistance 1 900 3 300 3 700 2 200  100 1 800 1 800  400 0 2 100 1 200 1 200 10 000 4 300 3 200
Basic and attendance benefits 1 500  500  700 1 100 1 200  400  500 1 000 1 400 1 600 3 100 1 800 1 500 3 100 1 800
Cash for care  600 0  200 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 400 0 0 4 100 0 0
Other tax-free transfers9 2 400  700  500  700  100 1 100 1 000 1 200  700 4 200 3 300 1 800 21 700 14 100 2 800
                               
Total income  672 200  283 700  404 900  411 200  290 400  634 700  845 400  927 200  628 100  932 900 1 121 400 1 201 100  374 600  511 100  649 600
                               
Assessed taxes and negative transfers  172 900 65 700  107 700  108 000 51 000  152 000  231 600  264 800  127 300  244 900  320 200  328 900 52 300  108 700  154 800
Assessed taxes  168 700 64 400  103 700  104 400 50 800  148 900  225 200  258 700  126 500  238 200  312 500  321 600 50 200  104 800  150 600
Negative transfers10 4 200 1 300 3 900 3 600  200 3 100 6 400 6 100  800 6 700 7 700 7 300 2 100 3 900 4 200
                               
After-tax income  499 300  218 000  297 300  303 200  239 500  482 700  613 800  662 400  500 900  688 000  801 200  872 300  322 300  402 300  494 700
                               
Number of households 2 206 168  167 908  185 722  274 718  242 285 39 834 53 606  234 816  186 830  234 045  252 407 96 439 29 205 85 318 49 896
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 and preliminary disability benefits.
5  Work Assesment Allowance comprises as of 1 March 2010 time-limited disability, vocational rehabilitation and rehabilitation benefits.
6  Included contractual pension in private sector which started before 1 January 2011.
7  Sickness benefits from the National Insurance Scheme. Holiday payments from sickness benefits are included.
8  Other taxable transfers include benefits such as parental benefit, annuity, introduction benefits for newly arrived refugees and qualification benefit (from 2008).
9  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.
10  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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