Analysis of individual income levels in Etheridge (S) in 2021 compared to FNQROC region 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 7.7% and 31.5% respectively for FNQROC region.
The major differences between Etheridge (S)'s individual incomes and FNQROC region's individual incomes were:
- A smaller percentage of persons who earned $500 - $649 (5.4% compared to 8.1%)
- A smaller percentage of persons who earned $1,250 - $1,499 (3.7% compared to 6.2%)
- A smaller percentage of persons who earned $650 - $799 (5.4% compared to 7.8%)
- A smaller percentage of persons who earned $2,000 - $2,999 (3.0% compared to 5.3%)