Generation Y have the most money tucked away in their piggy banks, as they wait patiently for a chance to enter the heated property market.
Gen Y – which refers to people aged 18-34 years – have amassed the nation’s highest personal savings, according to the latest
ING Direct Household Financial Wellbeing Index. Gen Y households in NSW have median savings of $27,103, compared to $12,057 nationally.
Due to their savings status, Gen Y households in NSW are less concerned about ‘maintaining lifestyle amid rising living costs’. Only 29% of Gen Y are concerned about the tough times ahead, compared to 36% of Gen X households (aged 34-39) and 69% of baby boomers (aged 50-64).
Despite their fatter savings accounts, the financial wellbeing index shows that Gen Y are keen to grow their savings even more. Thirty-once per cent of Gen Y households want to find a better paying job, compared to 19% of all NSW households. Nineteen per cent of Gen Y households plan to work longer hours to increase earnings, compared to 11% of all NSW households.
Executive director of customer at ING Direct,
John Arnott says, “The ongoing plans of the state’s Gen Y households to grow savings at the expense of non-essential expenditure suggest that home ownership remains a key personal goal.”
