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Household income quartiles

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In Rockhampton Regional Council, the 'medium highest' quartile was the largest group in 2021, comprising 37.8% of non-English speakers.

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 Occupation, it helps to reveal Rockhampton Regional Council's socio-economic status and economic opportunities for the non-English speaking population.

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 non-English speaking population 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 - non-English20212016Change
Quartile groupNumber%Rockhampton - Total populationNumber%Rockhampton - Total population2016 to 2021
Lowest group3928.319.63989.920.1-6
Medium lowest89918.923.780620.024.5+93
Medium highest1,79537.828.11,40134.628.2+394
Highest group1,66435.028.61,43735.527.2+227
Total people4,752100.0100.04,044100.0100.0+708
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 ranges202120162011
Lowest group$0 to $853$0 to $745$0 to $641
Medium lowest$854 to $1,665$746 to $1,392$642 to $1,226
Medium highest$1,666 to $2,791$1,393 to $2,348$1,227 to $2,146
Highest group$2,792 and over$2,349 and over$2,147 and over

Dominant groups

Income quartiles allow us to compare relative income-earning capabilities across time. Analysis of the distribution of non-English speakers in households by household income quartile in Rockhampton compared to the total households in Rockhampton 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 Rockhampton between 2016 and 2021 for non-English speakers was in the medium highest quartile which showed an increase of 394 persons.

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