City of Newcastle

Resident workers - Individual income

The City of Newcastle labour force have a similar proportion of persons with high incomes ($1,750 or more per week) than New South Wales.

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 Newcastle, 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 Newcastle. 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 Newcastle - Persons2021
Gross weekly individual incomeNumber%. New South Wales%
Negative Income/ Nil income3740.40.6
$1 - $1492,2952.72.2
$150 - $2992,3672.82.4
$300 - $3992,6133.02.7
$400 - $4993,3073.83.5
$500 - $6495,7586.76.1
$650 - $7996,9048.08.0
$800 - $9999,29010.810.9
$1,000 - $1,24911,09712.913.1
$1,250 - $1,4999,13310.610.4
$1,500 - $1,7498,1459.59.2
$1,750 - $1,9996,4497.57.2
$2,000 - $2,99911,31513.113.3
$3,000 - $3,4992,3842.83.2
$3,500 or more4,0444.76.2
Not stated5930.70.9
Total Persons86,068100.0100.0
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the resident workers individual income levels in the City of Newcastle in 2021 compared to New South Wales shows that there was a similar 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, 24.1% of the resident workers earned a high income, and 12.7% earned a low income, compared with 24.7% and 11.5% respectively for Victoria.

The major differences between the weekly income of the resident workers in the City of Newcastle and New South Wales were:

  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $3,500 or more (4.7% compared to 6.2%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned $500 - $649 (6.7% compared to 6.1%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned $1 - $149 (2.7% compared to 2.2%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $3,000 - $3,499 (2.8% compared to 3.2%)

City of Newcastle

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