Glenelg Shire

Resident workers - Individual income

Glenelg Shire labour force have a similar proportion of persons with high incomes ($1,750 or more per week) than Victoria.

The Individual Income levels of the local resident workers are directly linked to their knowledge, experience, qualifications, occupation and skill levels.

Income statistics Glenelg Shire, when analysed with other data sources, such as Age structure, Qualification , Hours worked and Occupations , help to evaluate the economic opportunities and socio-economic status of Glenelg Shire. This also indicates what knowledge and skill levels industry can draw upon locally.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2021 – by usual residence

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Resident workers individual income
Glenelg Shire - Persons2021
Gross weekly individual incomeNumber%. Victoria%
Negative Income/ Nil income901.00.7
$1 - $1493053.52.7
$150 - $2992963.43.0
$300 - $3993133.53.1
$400 - $4994565.23.9
$500 - $6497548.56.4
$650 - $79993010.58.2
$800 - $9991,07612.211.4
$1,000 - $1,2491,18113.413.4
$1,250 - $1,49988310.010.5
$1,500 - $1,7497568.69.4
$1,750 - $1,9994835.56.8
$2,000 - $2,9998559.711.8
$3,000 - $3,4991191.32.8
$3,500 or more1802.04.9
Not stated1571.81.1
Total Persons8,834100.0100.0
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the resident workers individual income levels in Glenelg Shire in 2021 compared to Victoria shows that there was a similar proportion earning a high income (those earning $1,750 per week or more) as well as a higher proportion of low income persons (those earning less than $500 per week).

Overall, 18.3% of the resident workers earned a high income, and 16.5% earned a low income, compared with 22.5% and 13.3% respectively for Victoria.

The major differences between the weekly income of the resident workers in Glenelg Shire and Victoria were:

  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $3,500 or more (2.0% compared to 4.9%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned $650 - $799 (10.5% compared to 8.2%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $2,000 - $2,999 (9.7% compared to 11.8%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned $500 - $649 (8.5% compared to 6.4%)

Glenelg Shire

economic profile