Chinese households on average had a net worth of 439,000 yuan (about USD 71,000) in 2012, up 17 per cent from the 2010 level, said the study by Peking University on China's livelihood development.
However, income inequality rose rapidly during the period, the report said, as the top one per cent of Chinese households held more than one-third of the nation's wealth, while 25 per cent of households at the bottom owned only 10 per cent of the country's property value.
The researchers who conducted their study based their main analysis on 2012 data from the China Family Panel Studies, a large-scale survey project conducted by the institute.
The report showed about 74.7 per cent of Chinese household wealth came from owning real estate.