City of Cockburn

Resident workers - Individual income

The City of Cockburn labour force have a similar proportion of persons with high incomes ($1,750 or more per week) than Western Australia.

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 Cockburn, 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 Cockburn. 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 Cockburn - Persons2021
Gross weekly individual incomeNumber%. Western Australia%
Negative Income/ Nil income3120.50.6
$1 - $1491,7322.82.8
$150 - $2991,8162.93.1
$300 - $3991,9713.13.2
$400 - $4992,2523.63.8
$500 - $6493,6355.86.1
$650 - $7994,6287.47.4
$800 - $9996,1699.89.8
$1,000 - $1,2497,93912.612.3
$1,250 - $1,4996,77510.810.1
$1,500 - $1,7496,41810.29.4
$1,750 - $1,9994,9847.97.3
$2,000 - $2,9999,19614.614.0
$3,000 - $3,4992,0393.23.6
$3,500 or more2,5124.05.6
Not stated5240.81.0
Total Persons62,902100.0100.0
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the resident workers individual income levels in the City of Cockburn in 2021 compared to Western Australia 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, 26.6% of the resident workers earned a high income, and 12.9% earned a low income, compared with 25.8% and 13.5% respectively for Victoria.

The major differences between the weekly income of the resident workers in the City of Cockburn and Western Australia were:

  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $3,500 or more (4.0% compared to 5.6%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned $1,500 - $1,749 (10.2% compared to 9.4%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned $1,250 - $1,499 (10.8% compared to 10.1%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned $2,000 - $2,999 (14.6% compared to 14.0%)

City of Cockburn

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