Results section: Income The median weekly personal income for Doomadgee (s) Local government area in 2011

was $280, family income was $683 and household income was $1,146 (Figure 3)3. These values were compared to the Queensland median, which was recorded at $587 for personal income and $1,235 for household income (Figure 3)3. (50) Figure 3. Median weekly income for Doomadgee (S) and Queensland, 2011.

Source: ABS3 In Doomadgee (S) there was 29.4% of the population attending a government educational institution in 2011 (Figure 4)3. Of those 64.8% were in primary school, compared to the Queensland attendance of 29.7% (Figure 4)3. Doomadgee had an attendance of 8.2% in secondary school and 2.4% were attending a technical or further education institution. In Queensland 20.2% attended secondary school and 13.5% attended a university or tertiary institute (Figure 4)3. (69)

Figure 4. Attendance of educational institutes in Doomadgee and Queensland, 2011.

Source: ABS3

Discussion Socio-economic status has a sizeable impact on health status. Values reported for Doomadgee (S) are in some measures pointedly different from Queensland figures. The average weekly personal income was $280, compared to $587 for Queensland in 20113. This could be attributed to the large proportion of the Doomadgee workforce working in lower paying occupations3. Doomadgee (S) had a larger attendance in primary school (64.8%)3 compared to Queensland (29.7%)3. These values decreased into secondary school and further education (8.2% and 2.3%)3 primarily due to the lack of an educational institution past year 10, and the absence of a local university. Queensland had (20.2%) attending secondary school and (4.1%) attending tertiary education3. (113)

References 3. Australian Bureau of Statistics (2011) Census QuickStats: Doomadgee (S) Local Government Area. Accessed 19 March 2014 from http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/LGA32770?opendocument&navpos=220