$734 ▲ +59.2%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: $461
- 2016: $606
- 2021: $734
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Riverina · Federal Electorate
Income in Riverina
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
A typical weekly household income of $1,374 makes Riverina much lower than most areas. While earnings have risen since 2011, the region remains well below the state and national figures. This creates a landscape where a small number of high earners exist alongside a large proportion of low-income households.
$1,374
▲ +56.5%
- $1,000–$1,071: 0 areas
- $1,071–$1,143: 1 area
- $1,143–$1,214: 4 areas
- $1,214–$1,286: 9 areas
- $1,286–$1,357: 5 areas
- $1,357–$1,429: 7 areas
- $1,429–$1,500: 13 areas
- $1,500–$1,571: 11 areas
- $1,571–$1,643: 12 areas
- $1,643–$1,714: 11 areas
- $1,714–$1,786: 9 areas
- $1,786–$1,857: 10 areas
- $1,857–$1,929: 18 areas
- $1,929–$2,000: 8 areas
- $2,000–$2,071: 1 area
- $2,071–$2,143: 8 areas
- $2,143–$2,214: 6 areas
- $2,214–$2,286: 3 areas
- $2,286–$2,357: 6 areas
- $2,357–$2,429: 5 areas
- $2,429–$2,500: 0 areas
- $2,500–$2,571: 0 areas
- $2,571–$2,643: 1 area
- $2,643–$2,714: 2 areas
- $2,714–$2,786: 1 area
- $2,786–$2,857: 0 areas
- $2,857–$2,929: 2 areas
- $2,929–$3,000: 1 area
All federal electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Riverina — lower than 87% of areas.
| Riverina | $1,374 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | $1,434 |
| New South Wales | $1,829 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Weekly family income is $1,810, which is a little below the national figure of $2,120. Typical personal weekly pay is $734, a figure that is lower than most areas and rose by $273 since 2011.
$1,374 ▲ +56.5%
Lower than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: $878
- 2016: $1,147
- 2021: $1,374
Median total household income per week.
$1,810 ▲ +68.4%
Lower than 78% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: $1,075
- 2016: $1,437
- 2021: $1,810
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
Only 14.3% of households earn $3,000 or more a week, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 25.2%. High earners are rare, as only 8.0% of people bring in $2,000 or more weekly, though this is up 5.1 percentage points from 2011.
8.0%
Lower than 72% of federal electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
14.3%
Lower than 85% of federal electorate areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Riverina splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (33%) and $1,500–$2,999 (30%), with Under $650 at 21%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Riverina, the largest group is Under $650 at 45%, followed by $650–$1,499 (36%) and $1,500–$2,999 (16%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Riverina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED139/riverina/topic/income