Townsville City Council

Sources of income

Households in the Townsville City Council have a lower amount of disposable income compared to Regional QLD.

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
Townsville City Council2022/232008/09Change
Economic measure$Regional QLD$$ Regional QLD$2008/09 to 2022/23
Wages & salaries103,215.0583,513.1191,770.4773,578.30+11,445
Property income12,444.0418,243.4113,553.0515,568.68-1,109
Business income7,412.3519,381.9912,073.5716,058.95-4,661
Superannuation7,049.429,052.707,208.677,973.00-159
Cash benefits16,725.2317,653.6119,966.1521,944.42-3,241
Total income before tax146,846.09147,844.82144,571.91135,123.36+2,274
Tax paid-26,235.71-23,837.11-19,870.35-16,816.16-6,365
Interest paid-7,753.91-9,309.79-12,824.37-11,577.91+5,070
Other payments/statistical discrepancy19,589.2818,348.4616,971.8414,409.54+2,617
Total disposable income132,445.75133,146.38128,849.03121,238.83+3,597
Ratio of cash benefits to tax paid0.640.741.001.310

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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