Cairns

Resident workers - Individual income

Cairns 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 Cairns, 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 Cairns. 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
Cairns - Persons2021
Gross weekly individual incomeNumber%. Queensland%
Negative Income/ Nil income4740.60.7
$1 - $1492,4373.12.9
$150 - $2991,9832.52.8
$300 - $3992,1862.73.0
$400 - $4992,9943.83.8
$500 - $6495,5437.06.6
$650 - $7997,7129.78.9
$800 - $99910,57313.312.2
$1,000 - $1,24911,59714.613.8
$1,250 - $1,4998,67510.910.5
$1,500 - $1,7497,4939.49.2
$1,750 - $1,9995,5206.96.9
$2,000 - $2,9998,16210.211.4
$3,000 - $3,4991,4491.82.5
$3,500 or more2,0312.64.0
Not stated8071.01.0
Total Persons79,636100.0100.0
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Dominant groups

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

Overall, 20.0% of the resident workers earned a high income, and 12.7% 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 Cairns and Queensland were:

  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $3,500 or more (2.6% compared to 4.0%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $2,000 - $2,999 (10.2% compared to 11.4%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned $800 - $999 (13.3% compared to 12.2%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned $1,000 - $1,249 (14.6% compared to 13.8%)

Cairns Regional Council

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