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Deer Park's income statistics are an indicator of socio-economic status. With other data sources, such as Household Income, Qualifications and Occupation, they help tell the story of the area's economic opportunities and socio-economic status. Individual income levels are not comparable over time because of the influences of economic change such as wage level fluctuations and inflation. The income quartile method is the most objective method of comparing change in the income profile of a community over time.
A detailed explanation of how Individual Income quartiles are calculated and interpreted is available in specific data notes.
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Individual income quartiles | |||||||
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Deer Park - Females aged 15+ (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2001 | Change | ||||
Quartile group | Number | % | Sunshine % | Number | % | Sunshine % | 2001 to 2021 |
Lowest group | 2,227 | 33.4 | 27.9 | 1,362 | 32.1 | 29.2 | +866 |
Medium lowest | 1,859 | 27.9 | 27.8 | 1,058 | 24.9 | 30.3 | +801 |
Medium highest | 1,640 | 24.6 | 23.8 | 1,208 | 28.5 | 24.0 | +431 |
Highest group | 940 | 14.1 | 20.4 | 618 | 14.6 | 16.5 | +323 |
Total persons aged 15+ | 6,668 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 4,247 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +2,420 |
Individual income - Quartile group dollar ranges | |||||
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Calculated from income data for Victoria - Total persons aged 15+ | Weekly income by Census year | ||||
Individual quartile ranges | 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | 2006 | 2001 |
Lowest group | $0 to $335 | $0 to $250 | $0 to $228 | $0 to $177 | $0 to $184 |
Medium lowest | $336 to $662 | $251 to $516 | $229 to $438 | $178 to $355 | $185 to $323 |
Medium highest | $663 to $1,241 | $517 to $979 | $439 to $841 | $356 to $676 | $324 to $572 |
Highest group | $1,242 and over | $980 and over | $842 and over | $677 and over | $573 and over |
Income quartiles allow us to compare relative income-earning capabilities across time. Analysis of the distribution of the population by income quartile in Deer Park compared to Sunshine shows that there was lesser proportion of persons in the highest income quartile and a greater proportion in the lowest income quartile.
The most significant change in Deer Park in females between 2001 and 2021 was in the lowest quartile which showed an increase of 866 females.
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