Net worth percentile in Australia

The median adult
AUD 380k≈ $270,000

Half of Australia holds less; assets minus debts

Top 10% begins at
AUD 1.9m≈ $1,300,000
One adult in ten holds more
Top 1% begins at
AUD 6.9m≈ $4,800,000
18× the median adult
0255075100AUD 100kAUD 1mAUD 10m SHARE OF ADULTS AT OR BELOW Bottom 10%AUD 101kTop 10%AUD 1.9mTop 1%AUD 6.9m Median, AUD 380.4k 050100AUD 1mAUD 10m Top 1%AUD 6.9m Median, AUD 380.4k

Share of adults at or below each net worth in Australia (2026 figures, log scale), the median marked. Type your own number into the full tool to place yourself.

In Australia the median adult holds AUD 380k in net worth, the top 10% begins at AUD 1.9m and the top 1% at AUD 6.9m.

The ladder in Australia

The median adult in Australia holds AUD 380k; reaching the top 10% takes AUD 1.9m, and the top 1% begins at AUD 6.9m; a gap of 18× between the middle and the top line.

18× the medianhow far the top 1% line sits above the middle
#1 of 30where this median ranks among measured countries, at held rates

The full ladder

Every published line for Australia, in AUD.

The lineIn AUD
Bottom 10%AUD 101k≈ $71,000
Bottom 25%AUD 202k≈ $140,000
MedianAUD 438k≈ $310,000
Top 25%AUD 948k≈ $670,000
Top 10%AUD 1.9m≈ $1,300,000
Top 5%AUD 2.9m≈ $2,000,000
Top 1%AUD 6.9m≈ $4,800,000
Top 0.1%AUD 23.8m≈ $17,000,000

Peers by median

Converted to USD at held rates, so the four nearest countries sit on one scale.

Belgium$254k Hong Kong$222k Denmark$216k New Zealand$208k

Questions people ask

What is the median net worth in Australia?
About AUD 380k per adult (2026 figures, published by UBS): assets minus debts, couples split equally. Half of adults hold less.
What net worth puts you in the top 10% in Australia?
About AUD 1.9m per adult. The top 1% begins at AUD 6.9m, roughly 18 times the median adult's holding in Australia.
Is this household or individual wealth?
Individual, per adult, couples split equally: household figures run higher. The calculator places any number you type on this same curve.
Where do the figures come from?
The fitted national wealth distribution (lognormal body, Pareto tail) built on the World Inequality Database, published by UBS for the median. The full tool draws the same curve for 216 countries.

Method and sources

  • World Inequality DatabasePer-adult net wealth distributions
  • UBS Global Wealth ReportPublished medians, where available
The computation

The same fitted distribution the net worth percentile tool draws for Australia, read at the published percentile points; the median is published by UBS.

What these figures do not cover
  • Per-adult wealth, couples split equally.
  • Figures in AUD. 2026 figures, indexed from the 2024 measured base with published per-country growth.

Last updated July 2026.

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