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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Merri-bek, 11.6% of females earned $2,000 or more per week.
Individual income is a measure of the income a person receives from all sources.
Typically, male incomes are higher than female incomes. This conflates a number of factors and this topic should not be taken on its own to represent a measure of the "gender pay gap". Individual income for females often shows a high rate of "Nil Income", likely to be due to the rate of single-income families where the male is the main earner. This may differ from area to area, particularly with the prevalence of dual-income families increasing in many areas. Parts of income differences between the sexes may also be explained by comparing incomes to Hours Worked and Occupations. A gender pay gap may be apparent after accounting for these factors, but that is beyond the scope of analysis which can be done in profile.id.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the total of all income the person usually receives?'
| Individual income | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Merri-bek - Total females aged 15+ | 2021 | ||
| Gross weekly individual income | Number | % | City of Merri-bek - Total population % |
| Negative or Nil income | 6,840 | 9.1 | 8.1 |
| $1 - $149 | 2,362 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
| $150 - $299 | 3,665 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
| $300 - $399 | 5,771 | 7.7 | 7.2 |
| $400 - $499 | 6,510 | 8.7 | 7.3 |
| $500 - $649 | 5,513 | 7.4 | 6.7 |
| $650 - $799 | 4,944 | 6.6 | 6.2 |
| $800 - $999 | 5,497 | 7.3 | 7.6 |
| $1,000 - $1,249 | 6,305 | 8.4 | 8.8 |
| $1,250 - $1,499 | 5,459 | 7.3 | 7.4 |
| $1,500 - $1,749 | 5,252 | 7.0 | 7.1 |
| $1,750 - $1,999 | 3,867 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| $2,000 - $2,999 | 6,152 | 8.2 | 10.0 |
| $3,000 - $3,499 | 1,113 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| $3,500 or more | 1,457 | 1.9 | 3.2 |
| Not stated | 4,179 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Total persons aged 15+ | 74,886 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the female individual income levels in the City of Merri-bek in 2021 compared to City of Merri-bek - Total population shows that there was a lower proportion earning a high income (those earning $2,000 per week or more) and a higher proportion of low income persons (those earning less than $500 per week).
Overall, 11.6% of females earned a high income, and 33.6% earned a low income, compared with 15.3% and 29.6% respectively for City of Merri-bek - Total population.
The major differences between the weekly income of females in the City of Merri-bek and City of Merri-bek - Total population were:
- A larger percentage of females who earned $400 - $499 (8.7% compared to 7.3%)
- A larger percentage of females who earned Negative or Nil income (9.1% compared to 8.1%)
- A smaller percentage of females who earned $2,000 - $2,999 (8.2% compared to 10.0%)
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