Analysis of individual income levels in Etheridge (S) in 2021 compared to Cairns (R) shows that there was a lower proportion of people earning a high income (those earning $2,000 per week or more) and a higher proportion of low income people (those earning less than $500 per week).
Overall, 5.7% of the population earned a high income, and 32.7% earned a low income, compared with 9.1% and 29.0% respectively for Cairns (R).
The major differences between Etheridge (S)'s individual incomes and Cairns (R)'s individual incomes were:
- A smaller percentage of persons who earned $2,000 - $2,999 (3.0% compared to 6.3%)
- A smaller percentage of persons who earned $1,250 - $1,499 (3.7% compared to 7.0%)
- A smaller percentage of persons who earned $500 - $649 (5.4% compared to 7.8%)
- A smaller percentage of persons who earned $650 - $799 (5.4% compared to 7.6%)