$598 ▲ +31.4%
Lower than 76% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: $455
- 2016: $491
- 2021: $598
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.
Nearly half of all people in Remote Australia earn less than $650 a week. This region has some of the lowest incomes in the country, with typical weekly household earnings of $994, which is far below the national figure.
$994
▲ +15.7%
- $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 Remote Australia — lower than 99% of areas.
| Remote Australia | $994 |
|---|---|
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly family income is $1,383, which is well below the Australian figure of $2,120. Personal income is also much lower than most areas at $598 per week, though it has risen by $143 since 2011.
$994 ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 99% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: $859
- 2016: $888
- 2021: $994
Median total household income per week.
$1,383 ▲ +25.8%
Lower than 92% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: $1,099
- 2016: $1,194
- 2021: $1,383
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, as only 8.2% of households earn $3,000 or more a week, far below the 22.6% seen across Australia. However, the share of people earning $2,000 or more a week rose slightly to 6.4% since 2011.
6.4%
Lower than 72% of remoteness area areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
8.2%
Lower than 99% 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 Remote Australia, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 36%, followed by Under $650 (31%) and $1,500–$2,999 (24%).
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Remote Australia, Under $650 is the majority at 53%; $650–$1,499 is next at 31%.
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 Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA63/remote-australia/topic/income