Hobsons Bay City

Resident workers - Individual income

Hobsons Bay City labour force have a higher 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 Hobsons Bay City, 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 Hobsons Bay City. 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
Hobsons Bay City - Persons2021
Gross weekly individual incomeNumber%. Victoria%
Negative Income/ Nil income2450.50.7
$1 - $1491,0882.42.7
$150 - $2991,1282.53.0
$300 - $3991,1762.63.1
$400 - $4991,3473.03.9
$500 - $6492,2485.06.4
$650 - $7992,8886.48.2
$800 - $9994,2209.411.4
$1,000 - $1,2495,10211.313.4
$1,250 - $1,4994,52210.010.5
$1,500 - $1,7494,51110.09.4
$1,750 - $1,9993,6158.06.8
$2,000 - $2,9997,27216.211.8
$3,000 - $3,4991,9374.32.8
$3,500 or more3,3077.34.9
Not stated4220.91.1
Total Persons45,028100.0100.0
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Dominant groups

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

Overall, 29.4% of the resident workers earned a high income, and 11.1% 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 Hobsons Bay City and Victoria were:

  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned $2,000 - $2,999 (16.2% compared to 11.8%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned $3,500 or more (7.3% compared to 4.9%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $1,000 - $1,249 (11.3% compared to 13.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $800 - $999 (9.4% compared to 11.4%)

Hobsons Bay City

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