$647 ▲ +38.5%
Lower than 72% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: $467
- 2016: $534
- 2021: $647
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Outer Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Income in Outer Regional Australia
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly budgets are tighter across Outer Regional Australia, where typical family incomes are $580 lower than the national figure. This area struggles with lower earnings compared to most other regions, although household and personal incomes have all risen since 2011.
$1,174
▲ +36.7%
- $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 Outer Regional Australia — lower than 89% of areas.
| Outer Regional Australia | $1,174 |
|---|---|
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
A typical family here earns $1,540 a week, which is well below the Australian figure of $2,120 and much lower than most areas. Weekly household and personal incomes are also lower than national levels, sitting at $1,174 and $647 respectively.
$1,174 ▲ +36.7%
Lower than 89% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: $859
- 2016: $994
- 2021: $1,174
Median total household income per week.
$1,540 ▲ +40.5%
Lower than 81% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: $1,096
- 2016: $1,290
- 2021: $1,540
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, with only 10.3% of households making $3,000 or more a week, far below the 22.6% national figure. This gap is reflected in personal earnings, where 45.4% of people earn under $650 weekly.
6.3%
Lower than 73% of remoteness area areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
10.3%
Lower than 88% of remoteness area areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →In Outer Regional Australia, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 36%, followed by $1,500–$2,999 (28%) and Under $650 (25%).
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Outer Regional Australia, Under $650 is the majority at 50%; $650–$1,499 is next at 34%.
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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA42/outer-regional-australia/topic/income