$710 ▲ +43.1%
Lower than 58% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: $496
- 2016: $589
- 2021: $710
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Inner Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Income in Inner Regional Australia
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
A typical weekly household income of $1,400 is lower than most similar areas in Inner Regional Australia. While incomes have climbed steadily since 2011, the region generally earns a little less than the national average across family, household, and personal scales.
$1,400
▲ +45.7%
- $1,000–$1,089: 2 areas
- $1,089–$1,179: 2 areas
- $1,179–$1,268: 4 areas
- $1,268–$1,357: 4 areas
- $1,357–$1,446: 4 areas
- $1,446–$1,536: 6 areas
- $1,536–$1,625: 2 areas
- $1,625–$1,714: 1 area
- $1,714–$1,804: 1 area
- $1,804–$1,893: 4 areas
- $1,893–$1,982: 1 area
- $1,982–$2,071: 1 area
- $2,071–$2,161: 1 area
- $2,161–$2,250: 1 area
- $2,250–$2,339: 1 area
- $2,339–$2,429: 1 area
- $2,429–$2,518: 0 areas
- $2,518–$2,607: 0 areas
- $2,607–$2,696: 0 areas
- $2,696–$2,786: 0 areas
- $2,786–$2,875: 0 areas
- $2,875–$2,964: 0 areas
- $2,964–$3,054: 1 area
- $3,054–$3,143: 0 areas
- $3,143–$3,232: 0 areas
- $3,232–$3,321: 0 areas
- $3,321–$3,411: 0 areas
- $3,411–$3,500: 1 area
All remoteness area areas, 2021. The marker is Inner Regional Australia — lower than 63% of areas.
| Inner Regional Australia | $1,400 |
|---|---|
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The usual weekly family income is $1,796, which is $324 lower than the national figure. Personal weekly incomes sit around the middle for similar areas at $710, though this is still a little below the Australian average of $805.
$1,400 ▲ +45.7%
Lower than 63% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: $961
- 2016: $1,163
- 2021: $1,400
Median total household income per week.
$1,796 ▲ +48.8%
Lower than 52% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: $1,207
- 2016: $1,438
- 2021: $1,796
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are less common here than across Australia, with only 15.8% of households bringing in $3,000 or more a week. This is well below the national figure of 22.6%, despite the proportion of high-earning households rising nearly 10 points since 2011.
8.7%
Higher than 51% of remoteness area areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
15.8%
Higher than 50% of remoteness area areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Inner Regional Australia splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (33%) and $1,500–$2,999 (30%), with Under $650 at 20%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Inner Regional Australia, the largest group is Under $650 at 46%, followed by $650–$1,499 (35%) 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 Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA11/inner-regional-australia/topic/income