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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 Ryde'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 New South Wales. 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.
'What is the total of all wages/salaries, government benefits, pensions, allowances and other income the person usually receives?'
Household income quartiles | |||||||
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City of Ryde - born in India | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
Quartile group | Number | % | Lane Cove Council area | Number | % | Lane Cove Council area | 2016 to 2021 |
Lowest group | 202 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 202 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 0 |
Medium lowest | 596 | 12.7 | 10.2 | 495 | 13.3 | 8.5 | +102 |
Medium highest | 1,326 | 28.3 | 22.2 | 1,264 | 33.9 | 29.2 | +62 |
Highest group | 2,559 | 54.6 | 63.9 | 1,768 | 47.4 | 58.2 | +790 |
Total people | 4,685 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 3,731 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +954 |
Household income - Quartile group dollar ranges | |||
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Calculated from income data for New South Wales | Weekly income by Census year | ||
Household income ranges | 2021 | 2016 | 2011 |
Lowest group | $0 to $886 | $0 to $750 | $0 to $614 |
Medium lowest | $887 to $1,824 | $751 to $1,481 | $615 to $1,233 |
Medium highest | $1,825 to $3,134 | $1,482 to $2,554 | $1,234 to $2,272 |
Highest group | $3,135 and over | $2,555 and over | $2,273 and over |
Income quartiles allow us to compare relative income-earning capabilities across time. Analysis of the distribution of people born in India in households by household income quartile in City of Ryde compared to Lane Cove Council area shows that there was lesser proportion of people in households in the highest income quartile, and a similar proportion in the lowest income quartile.
The most significant change in City of Ryde between 2016 and 2021 for people born in India was in the highest quartile which showed an increase of 790 persons.
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