Western Downs Regional Council

Resident workers - Individual income

Western Downs Regional Council labour force have a similar proportion of persons with high incomes ($1,750 or more per week) than Queensland.

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

Income statistics Western Downs Regional Council, 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 Western Downs Regional Council. 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
Western Downs Regional Council - Persons2021
Gross weekly individual incomeNumber%. Queensland%
Negative Income/ Nil income2861.90.7
$1 - $1495203.42.9
$150 - $2994923.32.8
$300 - $3994863.23.0
$400 - $4996114.03.8
$500 - $6491,2238.16.6
$650 - $7991,4009.38.9
$800 - $9991,91312.712.2
$1,000 - $1,2492,12014.013.8
$1,250 - $1,4991,4929.910.5
$1,500 - $1,7491,2678.49.2
$1,750 - $1,9999596.36.9
$2,000 - $2,9991,3969.211.4
$3,000 - $3,4992921.92.5
$3,500 or more3962.64.0
Not stated2571.71.0
Total Persons15,110100.0100.0
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the resident workers individual income levels in Western Downs Regional Council in 2021 compared to Queensland 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, 19.2% of the resident workers earned a high income, and 15.9% earned a low income, compared with 21.7% and 13.1% respectively for Victoria.

The major differences between the weekly income of the resident workers in Western Downs Regional Council and Queensland were:

  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $2,000 - $2,999 (9.2% compared to 11.4%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned $500 - $649 (8.1% compared to 6.6%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $3,500 or more (2.6% compared to 4.0%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned Negative Income/ Nil income (1.9% compared to 0.7%)

Western Downs Regional Council

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