INCOME

KEY FINDINGS

In the 2011 Census:

• 13% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over reported a gross personal income of $1,000 or more per week
• 56% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people reported an equivalised weekly household income between $200 and $799.

INDIVIDUAL INCOME

In the 2011 Census, 13% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over reported a gross personal income of $1,000 or more per week. Males were more likely to report an income of $1,000 or more per week than females (16% compared with 10%). Over half (52%) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over reported a personal income between $1 and $599 per week, with females more likely to report an income in this range than males (58% compared with 46%).




EQUIVALISED HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Over half (56%) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people reported an equivalised weekly household income between $200 and $799. In comparison, 51% of non-Indigenous people reported an equivalised weekly household income of between $400 and $1,249.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were less likely than non-Indigenous people to report an equivalised weekly household income of $1,000 or more (13% compared with 33%). In the 2011 Census, 1% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people reported an equivalised weekly household income of $2,000 or more, compared with 6% of non-Indigenous people.