Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander profile - Household income
In the WSROC Region, 51% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households earned $1,000 or more per week.
Households form the common 'economic unit' in our society. WSROC Region’s indigenous household income is one of the most important indicators of socio-economic status of the indigenous population. Higher household incomes enable households to participate in society and escape poverty traps. Lower household incomes for the indigenous households of an area can indicate lower socio-economic status.
The incomes presented on this page are for the latest Census year only, due to the change in collection ranges each Census, they can’t be directly compared over time.
Please note that this table counts indigenous households, which are households containing one or more Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander persons at home on Census night. Household income can be contributed by all members of the household, which may include both indigenous and non-indigenous persons.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the total of all wages/salaries, government benefits, pensions, allowances and other income the person usually receives?'
Family, group and lone person households
|Weekly household income|
|Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households - WSROC Region||2011|
|Weekly income||Number||%||New South Wales - ATSI %|
|Negative income/Nil income||154||1.4||1.2||28001|
|$5000 or more||95||0.9||0.8||28016|
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 (Enumerated data). Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window) , the population experts.
(Usual residence data)
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Analysis of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander household income levels in the WSROC Region in 2011 compared to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander household income levels in New South Wales - ATSI shows that there was a larger proportion of high income households (those earning $2,500 per week or more) and a lower proportion of low income households (those earning less than $600 per week).
Overall, 51.1% of the households earned a high income, and 23.8% were low income households, compared with 46.1% and 26.6% respectively for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households in New South Wales - ATSI.
The major differences between incomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households WSROC Region and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households of New South Wales - ATSI were:
- A larger percentage of households who earned $2000-$2499 (8.4% compared to 6.5%)
- A smaller percentage of households who earned $400-$599 (9.7% compared to 11.5%)
- A smaller percentage of households who earned $600-$799 (9.1% compared to 10.8%)