Census Insights
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Mid North Coast but not earning as much as the regional NSW average or Australians in general.
Analysis of individual income levels in Bellingen Shire in 2016 compared to the Mid North Coast shows there was a higher proportion of people earning a high income (5.8% earning $1,750 per week or more, compared to 5.1% across the MNC) and a lower proportion of low income people (44.3% earning less than $500 per week, compared to 45.7%).
However, across regional NSW the high income figure is 8.3 per cent and the low income figure is 40 per cent; Australia-wide it’s a tad more equitable at 11.5 per cent high and 37.4 per cent low respectively.
Breaking it down within the shire, Dorrigo is worst off – 3.6 per cent earning over $1,750 weekly and 50 per cent on less than $500; Urunga has 4.5 per cent high income earners and 45.3 per cent low, and Bellingen pulls the averages up a little with 5.2 per cent on high and 43.6 per cent low.