Individual incomes

There were 119,440 income earners in the City of Onkaparinga in 2006. Of these 58,176 (48.7%) were male and 61,264 (51.3%) were female. There is a disparity between male and female earnings: 71% of females earned less than $600 per week, compared to 48% of males, and 19% of males earned more than $1,000 per week compared to 6.4% of females, a ratio of over 3:1. The table and charts below provide detailed breakdowns of weekly earnings for males and females.

Gross weekly income by gender, City of Onkaparinga,
2006
	Men		Women
	No.	%	No.	%
Negative/Nil income	3,001	5.2%	4,080	6.7%
$1-$149	3,095	5.3%	6,075	9.9%
$150-$249	7,440	12.8%	10,991	17.9%
$250-$399	6,266	10.8%	11,593	18.9%
$400-$599	8,070	13.9%	10,811	17.6%
$600-$799	8,704	15.0%	6,703	10.9%
$800-$999	6,768	11.6%	3,740	6.1%
$1,000-$1,299	5,941	10.2%	2,576	4.2%
$1,300-$1,599	2,824	4.9%	786	1.3%
$1,600-$1,999	1,258	2.2%	284	0.5%
$2,000 or more	1,189	2.0%	254	0.4%
Income not stated	3,620	6.2%	3,371	5.5%
Total income earners	58,176	100.0%	61,264	100.0%
Source: ABS 2006 Census Tables, Catalog 2068.0. By Place of
Usual Residence.

weeky incomes, 2006

Source: ABS 2006 Census Tables, Catalog 2068.0. By Place of Usual Residence

income ranges by gender, 2006

Source: ABS 2006 Census Tables, Catalog 2068.0. By Place of Usual Residence

Taxable incomes, City of Onkaparinga 2005

In the 2005 tax year there were 91,840 taxable individuals in the City of Onkaparinga, an increase of 2,280 (2.5%) on the 2004 figure of 89,560. The 2005 total represents 13.3% of the 693,045 taxable individuals in South Australia.

The highest mean taxable incomes were in the following postcode areas:

5157 (Cherry Gardens, Clarendon, Coromandel Valley, Dorset Vale, Kangarilla) $45,696 a rise of $2,804 (6.5%) on the 2004 figure of $42,892
5160 (Lonsdale) $44,780 (no 2004 figure available for comparison)
5153 (Ironbank) $44,034, a rise of $1,373 (3.2%) on the 2004 figure of $42,661

The lowest mean taxable incomes (a) were in the following postcode areas:

5164 (Christie Downs) $33,637
5166 (O’Sullivan Beach) $34,092
5163 (Hackham, Hackham West, Huntfield Heights, Onkaparinga Hills) $34,054.

The table below shows the mean taxable income for each postcode area in the City of Onkaparinga, ranked from low to high:

mean taxable income postcode areas, 2004-5

Source: Taxation Statistics 2004-5. Table 3: Personal Tax, Part D, South Australia. Downloaded from www.ato.gov.au on 10 July 2007 See ‘Onkaparinga SLAs’, under Demography, to see which suburbs are covered by the postcode areas.

2005 average incomes, Onkaparinga compared to South Australia
The average taxable income in Onkaparinga for 2005 was $37,839, a rise of $2,760 (7.8%) on the 2004 figure of $35,079. The City of Onkaparinga average income was $3,674 (9.7%) lower than the South Australian average of $41,513.

mean taxable income 2006 map