City of Monash

Resident workers - Individual income

The City of Monash 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 the City of Monash, 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 the City of Monash. 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
City of Monash - Persons2021
Gross weekly individual incomeNumber%. Victoria%
Negative Income/ Nil income6340.70.7
$1 - $1492,6632.92.7
$150 - $2993,2623.53.0
$300 - $3993,3963.73.1
$400 - $4993,8724.23.9
$500 - $6495,8616.46.4
$650 - $7996,7617.38.2
$800 - $9999,37910.211.4
$1,000 - $1,24911,39612.413.4
$1,250 - $1,4999,20710.010.5
$1,500 - $1,7498,2469.09.4
$1,750 - $1,9996,2396.86.8
$2,000 - $2,99912,24713.311.8
$3,000 - $3,4993,2503.52.8
$3,500 or more4,7845.24.9
Not stated8700.91.1
Total Persons92,067100.0100.0
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the resident workers individual income levels in the City of Monash 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 higher proportion of low income persons (those earning less than $500 per week).

Overall, 24.6% of the resident workers earned a high income, and 15.0% 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 the City of Monash and Victoria were:

  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned $2,000 - $2,999 (13.3% compared to 11.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $800 - $999 (10.2% compared to 11.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $1,000 - $1,249 (12.4% compared to 13.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $650 - $799 (7.3% compared to 8.2%)

City of Monash

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