Livingstone Shire Council area

Resident workers - Individual income

Livingstone Shire Council area labour force have a higher 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 Livingstone Shire Council area, 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 Livingstone Shire Council area. 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
Livingstone Shire Council area - Persons2021
Gross weekly individual incomeNumber%. Queensland%
Negative Income/ Nil income1520.90.7
$1 - $1495773.32.9
$150 - $2995573.22.8
$300 - $3995403.13.0
$400 - $4996933.93.8
$500 - $6491,1816.76.6
$650 - $7991,5008.58.9
$800 - $9991,91310.912.2
$1,000 - $1,2492,09311.913.8
$1,250 - $1,4991,6489.410.5
$1,500 - $1,7491,5398.79.2
$1,750 - $1,9991,2867.36.9
$2,000 - $2,9992,39413.611.4
$3,000 - $3,4996453.72.5
$3,500 or more6903.94.0
Not stated2151.21.0
Total Persons17,623100.0100.0
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the resident workers individual income levels in Livingstone Shire Council area in 2021 compared to Queensland shows that there was a higher 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, 25.8% of the resident workers earned a high income, and 14.3% 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 Livingstone Shire Council area and Queensland were:

  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned $2,000 - $2,999 (13.6% compared to 11.4%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $1,000 - $1,249 (11.9% compared to 13.8%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $800 - $999 (10.9% compared to 12.2%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned $3,000 - $3,499 (3.7% compared to 2.5%)

Livingstone Shire

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