City of Brimbank
Local workers - Individual income - Wholesale Trade
In the City of Brimbank, 16.7% of the Wholesale Trade earned $1,750 or more per week.
Individual Income is an indicator of socio-economic status, skills and occupations required in a particular industry. With other data sources, such as Qualifications and Occupation, it helps to evaluate the economic opportunities of people in an industry.
The amount of income an individual receives is linked to a number of factors including the person's employment status, age, qualifications and type of employment undertaken by the person.
Wages in City of Brimbank can vary greatly across industry sectors. As well as being related to the type of jobs and qualifications required in a particular industry, income levels can be related to the level of part-time employment, Occupations, Qualifications and the Age structure of the local workers, so the data should be looked at in conjunction with these topics.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers individual income | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Brimbank - Wholesale Trade | 2016 | ||||||
| Gross weekly individual income | Number | % | Victoria % | ||||
| Negative Income/ Nil income | 17 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3101 | |||
| $1 - $149 | 32 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 3102 | |||
| $150 - $299 | 56 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3103 | |||
| $300 - $399 | 59 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3104 | |||
| $400 - $499 | 84 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3105 | |||
| $500 - $649 | 203 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 3106 | |||
| $650 - $799 | 443 | 11.9 | 11.0 | 3107 | |||
| $800 - $999 | 704 | 18.9 | 15.8 | 3108 | |||
| $1,000 - $1,249 | 687 | 18.4 | 16.1 | 3109 | |||
| $1,250 - $1,499 | 450 | 12.1 | 10.3 | 3110 | |||
| $1,500 - $1,749 | 330 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 3111 | |||
| $1,750 - $1,999 | 185 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 3112 | |||
| $2,000 - $2,999 | 267 | 7.2 | 9.9 | 3113 | |||
| $3,000 or more | 171 | 4.6 | 6.2 | 3114 | |||
| Not stated | 43 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 3115 | |||
| Total persons | 3,731 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window), the population experts.
Dominant groups
Analysis of the Wholesale Trade individual income levels in the City of Brimbank in 2016 compared to Victoria shows that there was a lower proportion earning a high income (those earning $1,750 per week or more) as well as a lower proportion of low income persons (those earning less than $500 per week).
Overall, 16.7% of the Wholesale Trade earned a high income, and 6.6% earned a low income, compared with 21.6% and 9.7% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the weekly income of the Wholesale Trade in the City of Brimbank and Victoria were:
- A larger percentage of local workers who earned $800 - $999 (18.9% compared to 15.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers who earned $1,000 - $1,249 (18.4% compared to 16.1%)
- A larger percentage of local workers who earned $1,250 - $1,499 (12.1% compared to 10.3%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers who earned $2,000 - $2,999 (7.2% compared to 9.9%)