The City of Playford labour force have a similar proportion of persons with high incomes ($1,750 or more per week) than South 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 Playford, 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 Playford. This also indicates what knowledge and skill levels industry can draw upon locally.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 – by usual residence
| Resident workers individual income | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Playford - Persons | 2016 | ||||||||
| Gross weekly individual income | Number | % | South Australia% | ||||||
| Negative Income/ Nil income | 215 | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||||||
| $1 - $149 | 1,006 | 3.1 | 3.7 | ||||||
| $150 - $299 | 1,334 | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||||||
| $300 - $399 | 1,524 | 4.7 | 4.7 | ||||||
| $400 - $499 | 2,061 | 6.3 | 5.8 | ||||||
| $500 - $649 | 3,515 | 10.8 | 9.2 | ||||||
| $650 - $799 | 4,811 | 14.7 | 11.3 | ||||||
| $800 - $999 | 5,704 | 17.5 | 13.6 | ||||||
| $1,000 - $1,249 | 5,132 | 15.7 | 13.8 | ||||||
| $1,250 - $1,499 | 2,806 | 8.6 | 9.1 | ||||||
| $1,500 - $1,749 | 1,786 | 5.5 | 7.6 | ||||||
| $1,750 - $1,999 | 1,066 | 3.3 | 5.1 | ||||||
| $2,000 - $2,999 | 950 | 2.9 | 6.4 | ||||||
| $3,000 or more | 240 | 0.7 | 3.1 | ||||||
| Not stated | 493 | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||||||
| Total Persons | 32,643 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||||||
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id the population experts Please refer to specific data notes for more information | |||||||||
Dominant groups
Analysis of the resident workers individual income levels in the City of Playford in 2016 compared to South 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, 6.9% of the resident workers earned a high income, and 18.8% earned a low income, compared with 14.7% and 19.3% respectively for Victoria.
The major differences between the weekly income of the resident workers in the City of Playford and South Australia were:
- A larger percentage of resident workers earned $800 - $999 (17.5% compared to 13.6%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $2,000 - $2,999 (2.9% compared to 6.4%)
- A larger percentage of resident workers earned $650 - $799 (14.7% compared to 11.3%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $3,000 or more (0.7% compared to 3.1%)