$757 ▲ +45.0%
Lower than 62% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: $522
- 2016: $607
- 2021: $757
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Calare · Federal Electorate
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly pay has climbed steadily across Calare since 2011, with typical family incomes rising by $639. While these gains are clear, the area remains generally less wealthy than the state and national averages. Most households here earn between $650 and $3,000 per week.
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Calare — lower than 75% of areas.
| Calare | $1,493 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | $1,434 |
| New South Wales | $1,829 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical weekly household income is $1,493, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of $1,746. Personal weekly pay is lower than most areas at $757, though this is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
$757 ▲ +45.0%
Lower than 62% of federal electorate areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,493 ▲ +44.4%
Lower than 75% of federal electorate areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,967 ▲ +48.1%
Lower than 60% of federal electorate areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are less common here, with only 17.5% of households making $3,000 or more a week, well below the New South Wales figure of 25.2%. However, this proportion has risen 11 percentage points since 2011, and 10.2% of individuals now earn $2,000 or more weekly.
10.2%
Lower than 54% of federal electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
17.5%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Calare splits fairly evenly between $1,500–$2,999 (31%) and $650–$1,499 (30%), with Under $650 at 20%.
In Calare, the largest group is Under $650 at 44%, followed by $650–$1,499 (34%) and $1,500–$2,999 (18%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Calare [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED107/calare/topic/income