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Household income quartiles

In Rockhampton Regional Council, 34.5% of children aged 0 to 4 years in households with income were in the 'medium highest' quartile.

Households form the common 'economic unit' in our society. Rockhampton Regional Council's Household Income is one of the most important indicators of socio-economic status. When related to age, this shows the household income of the household in which the individual of that age group was counted.

This helps to reveal the socio-economic opportunities available to people of a particular age group, and the resources available to them. It can answer questions such as whether the wealth of an area is being shared equally among all ages, or particular groups, eg. children or retirees, have access to significantly higher or lower incomes than the general population.

Note that, particularly for children, this does not mean that the person in the age group actually receives the income, just that they are in a household with that income.

The incomes presented on this page are in quartiles, which are defined as four groups containing an equal number of households across Queensland. They may not contain an equal number of persons in each group, and in fact, more people are generally counted in households in the highest income quartile because income is correlated with household size. However, using income quartiles effectively adjusts for inflation, allowing changes in income for the chosen age groups to be benchmarked to the state, the wider population, and shows change over time. 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
Rockhampton Regional Council - 0 to 4 years20212016Change
Quartile groupNumber%Rockhampton - Total populationNumber%Rockhampton - Total population2016 to 2021
Lowest group56513.219.674315.820.1-178
Medium lowest1,03824.323.71,17725.024.5-139
Medium highest1,47334.528.11,50532.028.2-31
Highest group1,19828.028.61,27827.227.2-79
Total people4,277100.0100.04,704100.0100.0-427
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 QueenslandWeekly income by Census year
Household income ranges2021201620112006200119961991
Lowest group$0 to $853$0 to $745$0 to $641$0 to $554$0 to $405$0 to $336$0 to $297
Medium lowest$854 to $1,665$746 to $1,392$642 to $1,226$555 to $1,031$406 to $734$337 to $611$298 to $528
Medium highest$1,666 to $2,791$1,393 to $2,348$1,227 to $2,146$1,032 to $1,646$735 to $1,230$612 to $996$529 to $868
Highest group$2,792 and over$2,349 and over$2,147 and over$1,647 and over$1,231 and over$997 and over$869 and over

Dominant groups

Income quartiles allow us to compare relative income-earning capabilities across time. Analysis of the distribution of children aged 0 to 4 years by households income quartile in Rockhampton compared to the total population in Rockhampton Regional Council shows that there was lesser proportion of children aged 0 to 4 years in the highest income quartile, as well as a lesser proportion in the lowest income quartile.

Emerging groups

The most significant change in Rockhampton between 2016 and 2021 for children aged 0 to 4 years was in the lowest quartile which showed a slight decrease of -178 persons.

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