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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Holgate - Matcham - Erina Heights, the 'highest' female income quartile was the largest group in 2021, comprising 33% of females aged 15 and over.
Holgate - Matcham - Erina Heights's income statistics are an indicator of socio-economic status. With other data sources, such as Household Income, Qualifications and Occupation, they help tell the story of the area's economic opportunities and socio-economic status. Individual 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 the most objective method of comparing change in the income profile of a community over time.
A detailed explanation of how Individual Income quartiles are calculated and interpreted is available in specific data notes.
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Individual income quartiles | |||||||
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Holgate - Matcham - Erina Heights - Females aged 15+ (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Quartile group | Number | % | Erina % | Number | % | Erina % | 2016 to 2021 |
Lowest group | 256 | 25.8 | 25.5 | 195 | 23.2 | 20.0 | +61 |
Medium lowest | 201 | 20.3 | 36.4 | 168 | 20.0 | 35.5 | +33 |
Medium highest | 212 | 21.4 | 22.1 | 202 | 24.1 | 27.4 | +9 |
Highest group | 322 | 32.5 | 16.1 | 274 | 32.6 | 17.1 | +48 |
Total persons aged 15+ | 993 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 841 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +152 |
Individual income - Quartile group dollar ranges | |||||
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Calculated from income data for New South Wales - Total persons aged 15+ | Weekly income by Census year | ||||
Individual quartile ranges | 2021 | 2016 | 2011 | 2006 | 2001 |
Lowest group | $0 to $348 | $0 to $277 | $0 to $235 | $0 to $181 | $0 to $189 |
Medium lowest | $349 to $682 | $278 to $539 | $236 to $447 | $182 to $362 | $190 to $336 |
Medium highest | $683 to $1,289 | $540 to $1,033 | $448 to $873 | $363 to $706 | $337 to $598 |
Highest group | $1,290 and over | $1,034 and over | $874 and over | $707 and over | $599 and over |
Income quartiles allow us to compare relative income-earning capabilities across time. Analysis of the distribution of the population by income quartile in Holgate - Matcham - Erina Heights compared to Erina shows that there was greater proportion of persons in the highest income quartile and a similar proportion in the lowest income quartile.
The most significant change in Holgate - Matcham - Erina Heights in females between 2016 and 2021 was in the lowest quartile which showed an increase of 61 females.
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