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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Whitehorse, 24.1% of Chinese languages speakers were in households earning $3,000 or more per week.
Households form the common economic in our society. The City of Whitehorse's 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 the economic opportunities and socio-economic status of the non-English speaking background population in the City of Whitehorse.
Income for the non-English speaking population may be lower or higher than the wider population. Generally, areas with many recent migrants, particularly students and refugees, may have lower incomes. On the other hand, some area's non-English speaking populations are older and more established, with some of those areas targeted as aspirational upgrader areas. These tend to have rapidly increasing incomes among non-English speaking communities.
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?'
| Weekly household income | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Whitehorse - Chinese languages | 2021 | ||
| Weekly income | Number | % | Greater Melbourne |
| Neg/Nil Income | 1,724 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| $1 - $149 | 441 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| $150 - $299 | 670 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| $300 - $399 | 649 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| $400 - $499 | 1,013 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| $500 - $649 | 1,097 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| $650 - $799 | 1,828 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| $800 - $999 | 1,973 | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| $1,000 - $1,249 | 2,352 | 6.3 | 6.6 |
| $1,250 - $1,499 | 2,722 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
| $1,500 - $1,749 | 2,160 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| $1,750 - $1,999 | 2,070 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| $2,000 - $2,499 | 4,580 | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| $2,500 - $2,999 | 3,290 | 8.8 | 8.6 |
| $3,000 - $3,499 | 2,709 | 7.2 | 7.1 |
| $3,500 - $3,999 | 1,759 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| $4,000 - $4,499 | 1,024 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| $4,500 - $4,999 | 1,513 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| $5,000 - $5,999 | 1,176 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
| $6,000 - $7,999 | 702 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| $8,000 or more | 173 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Not stated | 1,898 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| Total people | 37,523 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of household income levels for Chinese languages speakers households in the City of Whitehorse in 2021 compared to Greater Melbourne shows that there was a similar proportion of Chinese languages speakers in high income households (those earning $3,000 per week or more) as well as a similar proportion of low income households (those earning less than $800 per week).
Overall, 24.1% of Chinese languages speakers were in households who earned a high income, and 19.8% were in low income households, compared with 24.1% and 19.4% respectively for Greater Melbourne.
There were no major differences between City of Whitehorse and Greater Melbourne in 2021.
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