$600 ▲ +34.8%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: $445
- 2016: $499
- 2021: $600
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Wide Bay · Federal Electorate
Income in Wide Bay
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Nearly half of all people in Wide Bay earn less than $650 a week. This makes the region one of the lowest earning areas in the state, although typical incomes have risen since 2011.
$1,213
▲ +41.4%
- $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 Wide Bay — lower than 99% of areas.
| Wide Bay | $1,213 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | $1,507 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly family income is $1,461, which is well below the Queensland figure of $2,024. Both typical household and personal weekly incomes are also among the lowest at this level compared to other areas.
$1,213 ▲ +41.4%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: $858
- 2016: $1,010
- 2021: $1,213
Median total household income per week.
$1,461 ▲ +45.5%
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: $1,004
- 2016: $1,215
- 2021: $1,461
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
Only 11.8% of households earn $3,000 or more a week, a figure far below the Australian average of 22.6%. This gap is mirrored in personal earnings, where only 6.6% of people earn $2,000 or more weekly.
6.6%
Lower than 84% of federal electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
11.8%
Lower than 95% of federal electorate areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →In Wide Bay, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 37%, followed by $1,500–$2,999 (27%) and Under $650 (23%).
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Wide Bay, Under $650 is the majority at 53%; $650–$1,499 is next at 32%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Wide Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED329/wide-bay/topic/income