RDA Darling Downs and South West Region
Resident workers - Individual income quartiles
In the RDA Darling Downs and South West Region, the 'lowest' quartile is the largest group, comprising 27% of the female resident workers .
Individual Income is an indicator of socio-economic status, skills and occupations required in a particular industry. With other data sources, such as Qualifications and Occupation, it helps to evaluate the economic opportunities of people in an industry.
Income quartiles are used to condense income categories into manageable units, adjust for the effects of inflation, and allow areas to be compared over time relative to a benchmark. The incomes for the state are split into four equal groups, each containing 25% of the local labour force, and the quartiles allow users to compare changes in the local area to changes statewide, or against another benchmark. For more information on how quartiles are calculated please refer to the data notes.
As well as being related to the type of jobs and qualifications required in a particular industry, income levels can be related to the level of part-time employment, Occupation, Qualification and the Age structure of the local resident workers, so the data should be looked at in conjunction with these topics.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 and 2016 – by usual residence
| Resident workers individual income quartiles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDA Darling Downs and South West Region- Females | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Quartile group | Number | % | Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing % | Number | % | Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing % | 2011 to 2016 | |
| Lowest group | 14,828 | 27.4 | 37.0 | 14,516 | 28.2 | 37.7 | +313 | 31001 |
| Medium lowest | 14,748 | 27.3 | 25.6 | 14,465 | 28.1 | 26.8 | +282 | 31002 |
| Medium highest | 13,146 | 24.3 | 21.1 | 12,434 | 24.1 | 18.9 | +713 | 31003 |
| Highest group | 11,383 | 21.0 | 16.2 | 10,073 | 19.6 | 16.6 | +1,310 | 31004 |
Source: Derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window), the population experts.
| Quartile group dollar ranges (Individuals) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calculated from income data for Queensland | Weekly income by Census year | ||||
| Individual quartile ranges | 2016 | 2011 | |||
| Lowest group | $0 to $520 | $0 to $449 | |||
| Medium lowest | $521 to $823 | $450 to $728 | |||
| Medium highest | $824 to $1,257 | $729 to $1,110 | |||
| Highest group | $1,258 and over | $1,111 and over | |||
Dominant groups
Income quartiles allow us to compare relative income-earning capabilities across time. Analysis of the distribution of the female resident workers by income quartile in RDA Darling Downs and South West Region compared to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing shows that there was greater proportion of females in the highest income quartile, and a lesser proportion in the lowest income quartile.
Emerging groups
The most significant change for the female resident workers in RDA Darling Downs and South West Region between 2011 and 2016 was in the highest quartile which showed an increase of 1,310 females.