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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn the City of Townsville, the 'medium lowest' quartile is the largest group, comprising 27.9% of people born in Papua New Guinea.
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 the City of Townsville's socio-economic status and economic opportunities for the overseas born 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 overseas born 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Townsville - born in Papua New Guinea | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Quartile group | Number | % | Regional QLD | Number | % | Regional QLD | 2016 to 2021 |
| Lowest group | 153 | 21.5 | 20.6 | 172 | 22.6 | 21.7 | -20 |
| Medium lowest | 199 | 27.9 | 25.1 | 216 | 28.3 | 24.9 | -17 |
| Medium highest | 176 | 24.7 | 27.7 | 198 | 25.9 | 27.8 | -22 |
| Highest group | 184 | 25.9 | 26.6 | 177 | 23.2 | 25.6 | +7 |
| Total people | 713 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 765 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -52 |
| Household income - Quartile group dollar ranges | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Calculated from income data for Queensland | Weekly income by Census year | ||
| Household income ranges | 2021 | 2016 | 2011 |
| 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 people born in Papua New Guinea in households by household income quartile in City of Townsville compared to Regional QLD shows that there was lesser proportion of people in households in the highest income quartile, and a greater proportion in the lowest income quartile.
Emerging groups
The most significant change in City of Townsville between 2016 and 2021 for people born in Papua New Guinea was in the medium highest quartile which showed a slight decrease of -22 persons.
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