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Household income quartiles

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In the City of Burnside, the 'lowest' quartile is the largest group, comprising 29.6% of people with a need for assistance.

Households form the common 'economic unit' in our society. Household Income is one of the most important indicators of socio-economic status. With other data sources, such as Qualifications and Employment, it helps to reveal the City of Burnside's socio-economic status and economic opportunities for the population reporting a need for assistance.

Household 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 a powerful and objective way of looking at income data and in particular, how it is changing. Analysis is simpler due to the breakdown into four simple groups. Quartiles are defined as each containing 25% of all households in South Australia. This topic shows the proportion of the population reporting a need for assistance falling into these four groups which contain an equal number of households at the state level, but may contain different numbers of people. The comparison is shown for people in the selected benchmark.

A detailed explanation of how Household Income quartiles are calculated and interpreted is available in specific data notes.

Q:

Derived from the Census question:

'What is the total of all wages/salaries, government benefits, pensions, allowances and other income the person usually receives?'

Household income quartiles
City of Burnside - Need for assistance20212016Change
Quartile groupNumber%Greater AdelaideNumber%Greater Adelaide2016 to 2021
Lowest group47829.634.533526.732.3+143
Medium lowest39224.331.135027.932.9+42
Medium highest31619.619.924619.621.2+70
Highest group42626.414.532425.813.6+102
Total people1,614100.0100.01,257100.0100.0+357
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
Please refer to specific data notes for more information
Household income - Quartile group dollar ranges
Calculated from income data for South AustraliaWeekly income by Census year
Household income ranges2021201620112006200119961991
Lowest group$0 to $756$0 to $667$0 to $554$0 to $488$0 to $375$0 to $294$0 to $278
Medium lowest$757 to $1,452$668 to $1,203$555 to $1,042$489 to $885$376 to $675$295 to $552$279 to $505
Medium highest$1,453 to $2,494$1,204 to $2,104$1,043 to $1,869$886 to $1,466$676 to $1,157$553 to $933$506 to $848
Highest group$2,495 and over$2,105 and over$1,870 and over$1,467 and over$1,158 and over$934 and over$849 and over

Dominant groups

Income quartiles allow us to compare relative income-earning capabilities across time. Analysis of the distribution of people reporting a need for assistance in households by household income quartile in City of Burnside compared to Greater Adelaide shows that there was greater proportion of people in households in the highest income quartile, and a lesser proportion in the lowest income quartile.

Emerging groups

The most significant change in City of Burnside between 2016 and 2021 for people reporting a need for assistance was in the lowest quartile which showed an increase of 143 persons.

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