Household Incomes in New Zealand: trends in indicators of inequality and hardship 1982 to 2010

The Household Incomes Report provides information on the material wellbeing of New Zealanders as indicated by their household incomes from all sources from 1982 to 2010.

The report uses data from Statistics New Zealand’s 2009–2010 Household Economic Survey (HES) to update the previous report in the series which had information to 2009.

The interviews for the 2009–2010 survey were carried out in the year to 30 June 2010, and asked about incomes in the previous twelve months.

The findings in the report capture all of the impact of October 2008 tax changes and some of the impact of the April 2009 tax changes, but none of the impact of the October 2010 tax changes.

The 2009–2010 survey is the first HES to begin to capture the impact on incomes of the global financial crisis and related economic slowdown in 2008 and 2009.

In addition to the Full Report and the Summary, there is also Short Summary which gives a quick overview.

The next update is planned for mid 2012 using data from the 2010–2011 HES.