Females on the Gold Coast
Each of the tables represent four or five towns, focusing on the following four, Robina, Tallebudgera/Currumbin, Varsity Lakes and Elanora which are all based in the South East Queensland Region.
Robina has the highest population, as can be seen from tables 1.1, 1.4. Although the town has the bigger mass, the spread of income is divided and the lower class income level is less. In relation to occupations, the most predominant in Robina would be the community and personal service member, which is needed to help the lower socioeconomic status. Considering the population of Robina, the turn over of students at the school is low, only one quarter of the people that live in the area finished year twelve or the equivalent see table 1.5.
Whereas in Varsity Lakes, which is the next suburb over, there are some high paying jobs, such as professionals, but the predominant jobs are technical or trades. This reflects that the divide between the rich and the poor is less obvious, the general population of Varsity Lakes are middle class and wealthier than the average, as can be seen in table 1.3. There are also a greater amount of females living in this area, therefore jobs such sales workers and manager are prevalent. Varsity Lakes had the highest population of students that did not go to school at all, alike Robina the increased population does not reflect the children going to school.
Elanora, based further down the coast, has a lower population; surprisingly this district has the highest amount of students completing higher school certificates, or the equivalent, in regards to the population of the town. The income distribution leans towards the poorer end of the scale and the main jobs of the area are; labourers, sales persons and managers. Which are all relatively lower income jobs, the highest column in 1.2 is the pay bracket from $1-149 is over 1600 people in Elanora.
When looking at Currumbin and Tallebudgera, they combined have the lowest population out of the four suburbs represented, in saying that they have the highest amount of students going through until year 12. The jobs that are predominant in the area are community and personal services assistants and clerical and service jobs, both again are low income jobs. The majority of gender living in Currumbin and Tallebudgera are male, thus why the average higher income job is a labourer.
One thing that remained the same was the amount of professionals in the four areas. There was a general number stretching from 500 to 1000, which is interesting as those people would be earning the most out of the population and they are the minority.
Each of these reflect different socioeconomic status’ of the areas, focusing on the gender, income, job description and education.
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