Wagga Wagga City
Local workers - Individual income - All industries
In Wagga Wagga City, 14.0% of the local workers earned $1,750 or more per week.
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.
The amount of income an individual receives is linked to a number of factors including the person's employment status, age, qualifications and type of employment undertaken by the person.
Wages in Wagga Wagga City can vary greatly across industry sectors. 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, Occupations, Qualification and the Age structure of the local workers, so the data should be looked at in conjunction with these topics.
Data source
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2016 – by place of work
| Local workers individual income | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wagga Wagga City - All industries | 2016 | ||||||||
| Gross weekly individual income | Number | % | New South Wales% | ||||||
| Negative Income/ Nil income | 193 | 0.6 | 0.7 | ||||||
| $1 - $149 | 1,156 | 3.8 | 3.2 | ||||||
| $150 - $299 | 1,038 | 3.4 | 3.8 | ||||||
| $300 - $399 | 1,216 | 4.0 | 4.3 | ||||||
| $400 - $499 | 1,571 | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||||||
| $500 - $649 | 2,818 | 9.2 | 8.1 | ||||||
| $650 - $799 | 4,026 | 13.2 | 10.2 | ||||||
| $800 - $999 | 4,523 | 14.8 | 12.3 | ||||||
| $1,000 - $1,249 | 4,227 | 13.8 | 13.0 | ||||||
| $1,250 - $1,499 | 2,871 | 9.4 | 9.2 | ||||||
| $1,500 - $1,749 | 2,208 | 7.2 | 8.0 | ||||||
| $1,750 - $1,999 | 1,656 | 5.4 | 5.8 | ||||||
| $2,000 - $2,999 | 1,857 | 6.1 | 8.9 | ||||||
| $3,000 or more | 759 | 2.5 | 5.8 | ||||||
| Not stated | 492 | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||||||
| Total Persons | 30,611 | 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 individual income levels in Wagga Wagga City in 2016 compared to New South Wales shows that there was a lower proportion earning a high income (those earning $1,750 per week or more) and a similar proportion of low income persons (those earning less than $500 per week).
Overall, 14.0% of the local workers earned a high income, and 16.9% earned a low income, compared with 20.5% and 17.2% respectively for New South Wales.
The major differences between the weekly income of the local workers in Wagga Wagga City and New South Wales were:
- A smaller percentage of local workers who earned $3,000 or more (2.5% compared to 5.8%)
- A larger percentage of local workers who earned $650 - $799 (13.2% compared to 10.2%)
- A smaller percentage of local workers who earned $2,000 - $2,999 (6.1% compared to 8.9%)
- A larger percentage of local workers who earned $800 - $999 (14.8% compared to 12.3%)