$841 ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 62% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: $666
- 2016: $694
- 2021: $841
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Dawson · Federal Electorate
Income in Dawson
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly incomes in Dawson are generally about the same as across Queensland and Australia. While typical earnings track with the state, the area has seen a steady rise in pay over the last decade, with typical family income growing by $439 since 2011.
$1,695
▲ +21.0%
- $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 Dawson — lower than 55% of areas.
| Dawson | $1,695 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | $1,507 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly personal income is $841, which is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of $805. Typical family and household incomes sit around the middle for their level, at $2,097 and $1,695 respectively.
$1,695 ▲ +21.0%
Lower than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: $1,401
- 2016: $1,381
- 2021: $1,695
Median total household income per week.
$2,097 ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: $1,658
- 2016: $1,703
- 2021: $2,097
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
About 19.5% of households earn $3,000 or more a week, a figure that is about the same as the state but well below the national average of 22.6%. High earners are becoming more common, as the share of households in this top bracket rose 8.5 percentage points since 2011.
11.6%
Higher than 56% of federal electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
19.5%
Lower than 56% of federal electorate areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Dawson splits fairly evenly between $1,500–$2,999 (33%) and $650–$1,499 (28%), with Under $650 at 17%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →Dawson splits fairly evenly between Under $650 (40%) and $650–$1,499 (35%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 20%.
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 Dawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED306/dawson/topic/income