Western Downs Regional Council

Sources of income

Households in Western Downs Regional Council have a higher 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
Western Downs Regional Council2022/232008/09Change
Economic measure$Regional QLD$$ Regional QLD$2008/09 to 2022/23
Wages & salaries73,502.4783,513.1172,020.4873,578.30+1,482
Property income15,734.7318,243.4112,737.2715,568.68+2,997
Business income49,691.4419,381.9929,294.3616,058.95+20,397
Superannuation7,873.089,052.706,892.617,973.00+980
Cash benefits20,653.8417,653.6131,224.7721,944.42-10,571
Total income before tax167,455.55147,844.82152,169.49135,123.36+15,286
Tax paid-30,886.10-23,837.11-18,811.77-16,816.16-12,074
Interest paid-5,365.99-9,309.79-9,666.58-11,577.91+4,301
Other payments/statistical discrepancy22,944.6018,348.4617,084.8414,409.54+5,860
Total disposable income154,148.06133,146.38140,775.98121,238.83+13,372
Ratio of cash benefits to tax paid0.670.741.661.310

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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