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Household income

  • In the Outer South-East Region, 5,208 households (19.6% of occupied private dwellings in the region) recorded an income of $1,500 or more a week at the 2001 Census. A further 5,150 households (19.4%) had an income of between $1,000 and $1,499 a week. At the other end of the scale, there were 311 households (1.2%) with negative or nil income and 2,415 households (9.1%) with between $1 and $299 per week.

  • In Stretton-Karawatha, 27.5% of households had high incomes of $1,500 or more a week but in Upper Mount Gravatt the proportion was only 14.6%.

  • Mount Gravatt had the largest proportion of low income households (between $1 and $299 a week) with 18.7%. The smallest proportion of low income households was in Kuraby (4.2%).

 Weekly household income (numbers)
 Occupied private dwellings (a)
 
Negative/
nil
No.
$1-$299
No.
$300
- $499
No.
$500
- $699
No.
$700
- $999
No.
$1,000
- $1,499
No.
$1,500 or
more
No.
Total inc.
not stated
No.
 Eight Mile Plains
93 
294 
475 
381 
526 
709 
801 
3,728 
 Kuraby
14 
63 
167 
144 
232 
382 
344 
1,507 
 MacGregor
30 
170 
284 
197 
236 
304 
332 
1,767 
 Mansfield
15 
238 
454 
356 
449 
638 
709 
3,187 
 Mount Gravatt
235 
209 
141 
152 
221 
185 
1,258 
 Mount Gravatt East
14 
416 
597 
415 
520 
632 
631 
3,565 
 Rochedale
59 
69 
49 
51 
56 
82 
419 
 Runcorn
74 
271 
544 
504 
784 
903 
670 
4,150 
 Stretton-Karawatha
24 
49 
80 
65 
114 
171 
236 
857 
 Upper Mount Gravatt
15 
388 
513 
325 
437 
447 
411 
2,807 
 Wishart
19 
232 
366 
345 
483 
687 
807 
3,283 
 Outer South-East Region
311 
2,415 
3,758 
2,922 
3,984 
5,150 
5,208 
26,528 
 Brisbane City
2,812 
36,532 
45,231 
36,435 
47,154 
57,757 
70,575 
329,878 

(a) excludes non classifiable and visitor only households

 

 Weekly household income (percentages)
 Occupied private dwellings (a)
 
Negative/
nil
%
$1-$299
%
$300
- $499
%
$500
- $699
%
$700
- $999
%
$1,000
- $1,499
%
$1,500 or
more
%
Total inc.
not stated
%
 Eight Mile Plains
2.5% 
7.9% 
12.7% 
10.2% 
14.1% 
19.0% 
21.5% 
100.0% 
 Kuraby
0.9% 
4.2% 
11.1% 
9.6% 
15.4% 
25.3% 
22.8% 
100.0% 
 MacGregor
1.7% 
9.6% 
16.1% 
11.1% 
13.4% 
17.2% 
18.8% 
100.0% 
 Mansfield
0.5% 
7.5% 
14.2% 
11.2% 
14.1% 
20.0% 
22.2% 
100.0% 
 Mount Gravatt
0.7% 
18.7% 
16.6% 
11.2% 
12.1% 
17.6% 
14.7% 
100.0% 
 Mount Gravatt East
0.4% 
11.7% 
16.7% 
11.6% 
14.6% 
17.7% 
17.7% 
100.0% 
 Rochedale
1.0% 
14.1% 
16.5% 
11.7% 
12.2% 
13.4% 
19.6% 
100.0% 
 Runcorn
1.8% 
6.5% 
13.1% 
12.1% 
18.9% 
21.8% 
16.1% 
100.0% 
 Stretton-Karawatha
2.8% 
5.7% 
9.3% 
7.6% 
13.3% 
20.0% 
27.5% 
100.0% 
 Upper Mount Gravatt
0.5% 
13.8% 
18.3% 
11.6% 
15.6% 
15.9% 
14.6% 
100.0% 
 Wishart
0.6% 
7.1% 
11.1% 
10.5% 
14.7% 
20.9% 
24.6% 
100.0% 
 Outer South-East Region
1.2% 
9.1% 
14.2% 
11.0% 
15.0% 
19.4% 
19.6% 
100.0% 
 Brisbane City
0.9% 
11.1% 
13.7% 
11.0% 
14.3% 
17.5% 
21.4% 
100.0% 

(a) excludes non classifiable and visitor only households

 


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