$736 ▲ +53.7%
Lower than 51% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: $479
- 2016: $591
- 2021: $736
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Income in Remote Australia
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly household incomes in Remote Australia are well below the national figure, with a typical home earning $1,353. While earnings have risen since 2011, the area continues to lag behind most other parts of the country in overall wealth.
$1,353
▲ +51.9%
- $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 Remote Australia — lower than 69% of areas.
| Remote Australia | $1,353 |
|---|---|
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly family income is $1,762, which is a little below the Australian figure of $2,120. Personal incomes also sit slightly lower than the national average at $736 per week, though this has risen by $257 since 2011.
$1,353 ▲ +51.9%
Lower than 69% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: $891
- 2016: $1,099
- 2021: $1,353
Median total household income per week.
$1,762 ▲ +56.6%
Lower than 55% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: $1,125
- 2016: $1,393
- 2021: $1,762
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are less common here, with only 14% of households earning $3,000 or more per week, well below the national figure of 22.6%. This gap is mirrored in personal earnings, where only 8.3% of people make $2,000 or more weekly.
8.3%
Lower than 56% of remoteness area areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
14.0%
Lower than 65% of remoteness area areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Remote Australia splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (31%) and $1,500–$2,999 (29%), with Under $650 at 23%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Remote Australia, the largest group is Under $650 at 46%, followed by $650–$1,499 (34%) and $1,500–$2,999 (17%).
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 Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA13/remote-australia/topic/income