$700 ▲ +44.3%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: $485
- 2016: $568
- 2021: $700
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Brighton · Council (LGA)
Income in Brighton
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
A typical weekly household income of $1,352 in Brighton is well below the national figure. While earnings have risen since 2011, most residents earn less than the average person across Australia.
$1,352
▲ +41.3%
- $500–$589: 0 areas
- $589–$679: 0 areas
- $679–$768: 6 areas
- $768–$857: 8 areas
- $857–$946: 10 areas
- $946–$1,036: 23 areas
- $1,036–$1,125: 40 areas
- $1,125–$1,214: 59 areas
- $1,214–$1,304: 62 areas
- $1,304–$1,393: 65 areas
- $1,393–$1,482: 47 areas
- $1,482–$1,571: 31 areas
- $1,571–$1,661: 31 areas
- $1,661–$1,750: 27 areas
- $1,750–$1,839: 22 areas
- $1,839–$1,929: 25 areas
- $1,929–$2,018: 18 areas
- $2,018–$2,107: 20 areas
- $2,107–$2,196: 9 areas
- $2,196–$2,286: 9 areas
- $2,286–$2,375: 11 areas
- $2,375–$2,464: 3 areas
- $2,464–$2,554: 5 areas
- $2,554–$2,643: 2 areas
- $2,643–$2,732: 0 areas
- $2,732–$2,821: 1 area
- $2,821–$2,911: 4 areas
- $2,911–$3,000: 12 areas
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Brighton — lower than 55% of areas.
| Brighton | $1,352 |
|---|---|
| Greater Hobart | $1,542 |
| Tasmania | $1,358 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly family income is $1,593, which is lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of $2,120. Personal weekly income is also a little below the national figure at $700, though it is about the same as the Tasmanian average.
$1,352 ▲ +41.3%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: $957
- 2016: $1,111
- 2021: $1,352
Median total household income per week.
$1,593 ▲ +47.1%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: $1,083
- 2016: $1,303
- 2021: $1,593
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, with only 4.8% of people earning $2,000 or more a week, a figure well below the national average. Only 11.4% of households earn $3,000 or more weekly, though this is 8.4 percentage points higher than it was in 2011.
4.8%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
11.4%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Brighton splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (36%) and $1,500–$2,999 (32%), with Under $650 at 20%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Brighton, the largest group is Under $650 at 47%, followed by $650–$1,499 (39%) and $1,500–$2,999 (13%).
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 Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA60410/brighton/topic/income