$645 ▲ +34.4%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: $480
- 2016: $555
- 2021: $645
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Latrobe · Council (LGA)
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Nearly half of all people in Latrobe earn less than $650 a week. This is a low-income area where typical earnings sit well below the national figures, though most income levels have risen since 2011.
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Latrobe — lower than 68% of areas.
| Latrobe | $1,256 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | $1,225 |
| Tasmania | $1,358 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly family income is $1,534, which is lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of $2,120. A typical person in Latrobe earns $645 a week, a figure that is about the same as the Tasmanian average.
$645 ▲ +34.4%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,256 ▲ +36.1%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,534 ▲ +35.0%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Only 11.2% of households earn $3,000 or more a week, which is far below the 22.6% national average. While this is lower than most areas, the proportion of high-earning households rose by 7.7 percentage points since 2011.
6.1%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
11.2%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Latrobe, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 38%, followed by $1,500–$2,999 (29%) and Under $650 (21%).
In Latrobe, Under $650 is the majority at 50%; $650–$1,499 is next at 34%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Latrobe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA63810/latrobe/topic/income