City of Adelaide
Resident workers - Individual income
The City of Adelaide labour force have a higher proportion of females with high incomes ($1,750 or more per week) than South Australia.
The Individual Income levels of the local resident workers are directly linked to their knowledge, experience, qualifications, occupation and skill levels.
Income statistics in City of Adelaide, when analysed with other data sources, such as Age structure, Qualifications, Hours worked and Occupations, help to evaluate the economic opportunities and socio-economic status of City of Adelaide. Â This also indicates what knowledge and skill levels industry can draw upon locally.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 – by usual residence
| Resident workers individual income | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Adelaide- Females | 2016 | ||||||
| Gross weekly individual income | Number | % | South Australia% | ||||
| Negative Income/ Nil income | 43 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 3101 | |||
| $1 - $149 | 216 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3102 | |||
| $150 - $299 | 291 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 3103 | |||
| $300 - $399 | 246 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 3104 | |||
| $400 - $499 | 260 | 5.9 | 7.6 | 3105 | |||
| $500 - $649 | 342 | 7.7 | 11.8 | 3106 | |||
| $650 - $799 | 340 | 7.7 | 12.8 | 3107 | |||
| $800 - $999 | 473 | 10.7 | 13.4 | 3108 | |||
| $1,000 - $1,249 | 499 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 3109 | |||
| $1,250 - $1,499 | 408 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 3110 | |||
| $1,500 - $1,749 | 385 | 8.7 | 6.3 | 3111 | |||
| $1,750 - $1,999 | 274 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 3112 | |||
| $2,000 - $2,999 | 356 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 3113 | |||
| $3,000 or more | 246 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 3114 | |||
| Not stated | 62 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 3115 | |||
| Total females | 4,441 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window), the population experts.
Dominant groups
Analysis of the female resident workers individual income levels in the City of Adelaide in 2016 compared to South Australia shows that there was a higher proportion earning a high income (those earning $1,750 per week or more) and a lower proportion of low income persons (those earning less than $500 per week).
Overall, 19.7% of the female resident workers earned a high income, and 23.8% earned a low income, compared with 8.9% and 24.9% respectively for South Australia.
The major differences between the weekly income of the female resident workers in the City of Adelaide and South Australia were:
- A larger percentage of female resident workers earned $2,000 - $2,999 (8.0% compared to 3.7%)
- A larger percentage of female resident workers earned $3,000 or more (5.5% compared to 1.4%)
- A smaller percentage of female resident workers earned $650 - $799 (7.7% compared to 12.8%)
- A smaller percentage of female resident workers earned $500 - $649 (7.7% compared to 11.8%)