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Its GDP was estimated at A$1.7 trillion as of 2021. The Australian economy is dominated by its service sector, comprising 62.7% of the GDP and employing 78.8% of the labour force in 2017. Australia has the tenth-highest total estimated value of natural resources, valued at US$19.9 trillion in 2019.
How much is the average Aussie worth? Well, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) the average net worth of an Australian household is $1.038 million.
Australia is considered a wealthy nation with a market-based economy that has a comparatively high gross domestic product and per capita income. Its economy is driven by the service sector and the export of commodities.
Aussies wanting to rank in the top 1 per cent of the population by wealth require $US2. 8 ($A3. 5 million) to qualify.
The wealth of the highest quintile households, on average, is 80 times that of the lowest quintile households. While the average Australian household has seen wealth increase by 15% in the last 2 years (from $809,900 to $929,400), the highest fifth of households have experienced an average increase of 16% (an increase of $392,000).
The largest slump has been in Western Australia, where disposable incomes are $157 lower than their peak in 2013-14, when the state was in the midst of a mining boom. Overall, the richest households continue to be in NSW – with its top 20 per cent earning almost $300 more per week than their southern neighbours.
The survey shows high-wealth households increased their average net worth from $1.9 million in 2003-04 to $3.2 million in 2017-18. Over the same period, middle-wealth households increased their average net worth by $148,700.
The story of the economy’s increasing wealth disparity has been revealed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, with the gap between the asset rich and income poor at its widest in decades. Every two years, the ABS surveys thousands of Australians on their income and wealth.