City of Merri-bek

Sources of income

Households in the City of Merri-bek have a lower amount of disposable income compared to Victoria.

Household disposable income is a measure of the amount of income available to an average household in the area. It varies depending on the jobs held by the residents, amount of property and business income, and cash benefits provided by government, which are related to the socio-economic status of the area. Areas with high unemployment, large numbers of retirees and others out of the workforce may have a high cash benefits component.

This information gives an insight into both the sources of income and how much your residents have available to spend in the area. This dataset should be viewed in conjunction with Worker productivity, Local workers income data, and Gross Regional Product data on the size of the residential economy.

Data source

National Economics (NIEIR) - Modelled series

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Sources of income per household
City of Merri-bek2022/232016/17Change
Economic measure$Victoria$$ Victoria$2016/17 to 2022/23
Wages & salaries100,589.8093,630.4689,883.6587,324.91+10,706
Property income19,246.4921,212.4018,548.7319,241.27+698
Business income6,116.1814,504.0214,231.8218,845.71-8,116
Superannuation12,945.4411,584.4112,785.4811,280.78+160
Cash benefits7,827.0313,819.1510,122.5916,360.01-2,296
Total income before tax146,724.94154,750.43145,572.27153,052.70+1,153
Tax paid-29,477.60-29,032.10-24,242.33-24,984.47-5,235
Interest paid-11,432.24-11,707.47-9,104.76-9,421.55-2,327
Other payments/statistical discrepancy16,025.1518,689.0712,586.5214,548.09+3,439
Total disposable income121,840.24132,799.93124,811.70133,294.76-2,971
Ratio of cash benefits to tax paid0.270.480.420.650

Source: National Institute of Economic and Industry Research (NIEIR) ©2024. ©2023. Compiled and presented in economy.id by .id (informed decisions).Data are based on a 2020/21 price base for all years. NIEIR-ID data are inflation adjusted each year to allow direct comparison, and annual data releases adjust previous years’ figures to a new base year.Learn more

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City of Merri-bek

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