Australians are the wealthiest folks on the earth with a typical internet value of virtually $US274,000 in 2021, simply forward of Belgium, New Zealand and Hong Kong.

Hovering property costs lifted the median wealth per Australian grownup by $US28,450 in 2021, in accordance with Credit score Suisse’s annual international wealth report, which tracks wealth in 20 nations.

Australia scores first on the median, or typical, wealth per grownup, adopted by Belgium and New Zealand. When measured by common wealth, Australia is fourth behind Switzerland, the USA and Hong Kong, reflecting that wealth is extra evenly distributed in Australia than in these nations.

Australia had about 2.2 million millionaires (calculated in US {dollars}) in 2021, up from 1.8 million millionaires in 2020. This enhance was the fourth-highest seen globally in 2021. Solely seven nations, all with increased populations and larger economies – the US, China, Japan, Britain, France, Germany and Canada – had extra millionaires than Australia final 12 months.

Internet value or “wealth” is outlined by Credit score Suisse as the worth of economic property plus actual property, together with the household residence, and contains retirement financial savings – from which money owed are subtracted.

Australian residential property costs rose 23.7 per cent throughout 2021. From their highs earlier this 12 months, costs are down, nationally, about 3.5 per cent as of August 31. Costs are down 7.4 per cent in Sydney and 4.6 per cent in Melbourne.

The Australian Securities Trade is down about 10 per cent for the reason that begin of the 12 months, and superannuation balances have additionally fallen, primarily because of the poor performances of shares. Most analysts anticipate property costs to begin to recuperate in mid to late 2023.

Trying ahead, analysts at Credit score Suisse anticipate wealth development will likely be considerably hampered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and rising inflation, nevertheless, the financial institution nonetheless expects international wealth to extend by $US169 trillion ($252 trillion) by 2026. It additionally predicts the variety of millionaires globally to extend “markedly” to round 87 million.