Meander Valley Council

Resident workers - Individual income

Meander Valley Council labour force have a similar proportion of persons with high incomes ($1,750 or more per week) than Tasmania.

The Individual Income levels of the local resident workers are directly linked to their knowledge, experience, qualifications, occupation and skill levels.

Income statistics Meander Valley Council, 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 Meander Valley Council. This also indicates what knowledge and skill levels industry can draw upon locally.

Data source

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2021 – by usual residence

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Resident workers individual income
Meander Valley Council - Persons2021
Gross weekly individual incomeNumber%. Tasmania%
Negative Income/ Nil income640.70.6
$1 - $1492742.82.7
$150 - $2992933.03.1
$300 - $3993553.73.5
$400 - $4995035.24.7
$500 - $6498679.08.0
$650 - $7991,02010.610.0
$800 - $9991,29813.512.9
$1,000 - $1,2491,47715.315.1
$1,250 - $1,4991,02110.610.6
$1,500 - $1,7497928.28.9
$1,750 - $1,9995655.96.4
$2,000 - $2,9997347.68.9
$3,000 - $3,4991331.41.5
$3,500 or more1631.72.5
Not stated810.80.8
Total Persons9,640100.0100.0
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Dominant groups

Analysis of the resident workers individual income levels in Meander Valley Council in 2021 compared to Tasmania 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, 15.7% of the resident workers earned a high income, and 15.4% earned a low income, compared with 17.5% and 14.6% respectively for Victoria.

The major differences between the weekly income of the resident workers in Meander Valley Council and Tasmania were:

  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $2,000 - $2,999 (7.6% compared to 8.9%)
  • A larger percentage of resident workers earned $500 - $649 (9.0% compared to 8.0%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $3,500 or more (1.7% compared to 2.5%)
  • A smaller percentage of resident workers earned $1,500 - $1,749 (8.2% compared to 8.9%)

Meander Valley Council

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