| Household 1: Household of 6 | Household 2: Single parent with 2 children | Household 3: Single unemployed person | Household 4: Older couple with no children | Household 5: Two parents with two children |
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 | Adult male, adult female, older female, 14 years boy, 8 years girl, 4 years boy | Adult female, 14 years boy, 8 years girl | Adult male | Older male, older female | Adult male, adult female, 14 years boy, 8 years girl |
Assumptions | • The adult male and female are partnered parents of the three dependent children • Adult male is unemployed and looking for work • Adult female is a stay-at-home mum • Older female receives age pension • The older children attend school and are fully immunised • The youngest child attends kindy 2 days/week and is fully immunised • The family does not have savings or investments • The family is living in public housing | • The adult female works on a casual basis at national minimum wage ($20.30/h) for 25 h a week for 39 weeks per year (not during school holidays) • The adult female does not receive child support from the children’s father • Both children attend school and are fully immunised • None of the family are disabled • The family does not have savings or investments • The family is privately renting their home at $332/week | • Has no paid employment but is looking for work • Is not studying/training • Is not disabled • Has no dependent children • Does not have savings or investments • Is renting a room in 3 bedroom house at $122/week | • Neither are in paid employment • Both receive the full age pension (maximum rate) • Neither are disabled or frail-aged • The couple has no dependent children • The couple has some savings earning $100/fortnight in ‘deemed income’ (less than asset test for age pension and as in a term deposit and not easily accessed, not included in fortnightly income) • The couple is privately renting their home at $322/week | • The adult male works on a permanent basis at national minimum wage for 38 h a week ($16.37/h) • The adult female works on a partime basis at national minimum wage ($16.37/h) for 6 h a week • Both children attend school and are fully immunised • None of the family are disabled • The family has some emergency savings that earn negligible interest • The family is privately renting a 3 bedroom house at $365/week |
INCOME per fortnight | |||||
Paid employment | Nil | $761.25 (average over year) | Nil | Nil | $1244.12 (adult male) $196.44 (adult female) |
Newstart Allowance | $460.90 (adult male) | N/A | $510.50 (receives maximum) | N/A | N/A |
Parenting Payment | $460.90 (adult female) | N/A (as youngest child is not under 8Â years) | N/A | N/A | N/A (as youngest child is not under 8Â years) |
Family Tax Benefit A and supplement | $568.40/fortnight and $2,179.05/year ($83.80/fortnight) | $396.20/fortnight and $1,452.70/year ($55.87/fortnight) | N/A | N/A | $396.20/fortnight and $1,452.70/year ($55.87/fortnight) |
Family Tax Benefit B and supplement | $146.44/fortnight and $354.04/year ($13.61/fortnight) | $102.20/fortnight and $354.04/year ($13.61/fortnight) | N/A | N/A | $102.20/fortnight and $354.04/year ($13.61/fortnight) |
Age Pension | $766.00 (older female) | N/A | N/A | $1,154.80 (couple payment) | N/A |
Age Pension Supplement | $62.90 (older female) | N/A | N/A | $94.80 | N/A |
Clean Energy Supplement | $43.26 | $9.69 | $8.70 | $21.00 | $9.69 |
Rent Assistance | N/A (as live in public housing) | $147.98 | $84.27 | $118.80 | $147.98 |
Income Support Bonus | $359.60/year ($13.83/fortnight) (adult male and female) | N/A | $215.60/year ($8.29/fortnight) | N/A | N/A |
Low Income Supplement | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Low Income Family Supplement | N/A | $300/year ($11.53/fortnight) | N/A | N/A | $300/year ($11.53/fortnight) |
Single Income Family Supplement | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Large Family Supplement | $12.04 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
School Kid Bonus | $1,230/year ($47.30/fortnight) | $1,230/year ($47.30/fortnight) | N/A | N/A | $1,230/year ($47.30/fortnight) |
Childcare benefit | Paid directly to kindergarten | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Childcare rebate | Paid directly to kindergarten | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
INCOME TAX PAID | Nil | Nil due to low income tax offset ($302 withheld from wages is refunded with tax return) | Nil | Nil | $2,278/year ($87.62/fortnight) (after allowing for low income tax offset) |
TOTAL | $2,679.38/fortnight | $1,545.63/fortnight | $611.76/fortnight | $1,389.40/fortnight | $2,137.32/fortnight |