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Household income quartiles

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In Rockhampton Regional Council, the 'lowest' quartile is the largest group, comprising 40.3% 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 Rockhampton Regional Council'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 Queensland. 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
Rockhampton Regional Council - Need for assistance20212016Change
Quartile groupNumber%Regional QLDNumber%Regional QLD2016 to 2021
Lowest group1,97340.338.11,41937.537.4+554
Medium lowest1,45629.732.11,24733.033.8+210
Medium highest87417.817.867617.918.0+198
Highest group59612.212.043811.610.9+158
Total people4,902100.0100.03,782100.0100.0+1,120
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 people reporting a need for assistance in households by household income quartile in Rockhampton compared to Regional QLD shows that there was similar proportion of people in households in the highest income quartile, and a greater proportion in the lowest income quartile.

Emerging groups

The most significant change in Rockhampton between 2016 and 2021 for people reporting a need for assistance was in the lowest quartile which showed an increase of 554 persons.

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