Real Income per Capita — methodology

What this metric measures

Real net national disposable income per person — the income Australians can spend and save, adjusted for prices and divided by the population, shown as a quarterly level.

Why it matters: GDP can grow while living standards stall if the extra income goes to falling terms of trade or a growing population. This measure shows what is left per person.

Source & provenance

Publisher

ABS Australian National Accounts: Key Aggregates (Cat. 5206.0), ANA_AGG M1.NNDI_PCA

Update frequency

quarterly

Licence

CC BY 4.0

How the score is computed

The score is a 0–100 normalisation of the latest observation, compared to a baseline window. The traffic-light rating (RAG) reflects both the absolute level and the recent trend.

Direction

Higher is better

Trend window

24 months

Baseline

Last 10 years

{
  "red_max_pct_of_baseline": 95,
  "amber_min_pct_of_baseline": 95,
  "green_min_pct_of_baseline": 102
}