Pollyana

more like $50k actually

rocket01

Been here 15 months now and if It wasn't for the fish I catch and eat, we would starve lol, never been so skint in my life. But as long as kids happy, we are happy and hopefully soom my licensing will be sorted so I can work for once and live happly ever after.

MartinH

In Oz I was earning around $700,000 - which sounds like a lot but when you compare that to what i was earning in Europe (close to the equivalent of $1 million) it was a big decrease. Australia is also (IMHO) an expensive place to live.

Neil52

hah...is that all when I was playing for Spurs before my injury I was on that a month.

DeadVim

Aye, we could survive on that (with 1 school age sprog) and still afford to keep 3 cars on the road (long story).

Home loan of $260,000 (or whatever it is down to now) would still get paid and I'd still get pissed occasionally.

All depends on your expectations and lifestyle I guess.

No idea if financially I'm better or worse off compared to the UK, I don't do comparisons, this is home so there isn't much point really.

ABCDiamond

And the weather is better around here

ABCDiamond

We must be in the poor area of Australia

ABCDiamond

....... You are right it does sound like a lot. That's more than 10 years of our income !

oz miller man

for 2 adults and i child our total income last year was $45 000
add about another $15 000 from centerlink for family tax A+B, parenting payment and rent assistance
we are a lot better off than the 2006-08 we spent back in the uk
on one income of £30 000

both times in private rent, one a 2 bed damp terrace one a 3 bed house across the road from the beach.
ohh and the income was from me working 50-60 hours a week in the uk and the mrs working 25-30 over here

before we had children, me and the mrs lived in sydney on a joint income of just over $120 000, never had so much ssurpluscash

as a home renter you get so much more for your money over here, low income families get more help from the government, for us bills are a lot less than the uk, no water rates, no council tax, no gas

Hebe

But more often than not with that salary comes the lifestyle to suit. cars, houses, clothes, holidays - most people who earn a high salary still live just within their means and some over - horses for courses really.

iamthecreaturefromuranus

...and more often than not they work in the financial services industry and get paid to gamble with other peoples money....and a bonus, win or lose.

RobertC

Is it too late for me to move to Mexico, live in a small wooden hut and get a $1,000,000 bank loan? Although I'd have no income I'd promise to pay it all back. The bank could even sell my debt on to another bank for a profit if they wanted to.
Or have I missed that particular boat

thewilk

When we lived in the UK our mortgage was 34K and we earned around 25K a year between us. Our current Aussie mortgage is 370k and we earn about 90k between us. We have 2 cars,2 bikes and a camper to rego so it's a squeeze. We may not be financially ahead, but our house is 3 times bigger than back home and opening the door to sunshine everyday, going up the beach for a fishing trip or seeing the weather and filth back home on the telly, I know i'm better off here. Like someone else pointed out. If you're skint in the UK then you'll probably be skint here!

Vash the Stampede

Haha, Badge you are a true Aussie now!

MartinH

Don't work in the financial services industry and certainly don't get paid to gamble with other peoples money. I studied hard and worked my way up.