$604 ▲ +43.5%
Lower than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: $421
- 2016: $482
- 2021: $604
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Brimbank · Sub-region (SA3)
Income in Brimbank
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Lower than average earnings shape daily life in Brimbank, where the typical family earns $1,652 a week. This is well below the figures for both Victoria and Australia, although incomes across the board have risen since 2011.
$1,494
▲ +36.3%
- $1,000–$1,071: 11 areas
- $1,071–$1,143: 9 areas
- $1,143–$1,214: 16 areas
- $1,214–$1,286: 20 areas
- $1,286–$1,357: 20 areas
- $1,357–$1,429: 18 areas
- $1,429–$1,500: 27 areas
- $1,500–$1,571: 21 areas
- $1,571–$1,643: 18 areas
- $1,643–$1,714: 18 areas
- $1,714–$1,786: 22 areas
- $1,786–$1,857: 15 areas
- $1,857–$1,929: 17 areas
- $1,929–$2,000: 18 areas
- $2,000–$2,071: 18 areas
- $2,071–$2,143: 14 areas
- $2,143–$2,214: 7 areas
- $2,214–$2,286: 9 areas
- $2,286–$2,357: 9 areas
- $2,357–$2,429: 9 areas
- $2,429–$2,500: 5 areas
- $2,500–$2,571: 4 areas
- $2,571–$2,643: 1 area
- $2,643–$2,714: 2 areas
- $2,714–$2,786: 4 areas
- $2,786–$2,857: 2 areas
- $2,857–$2,929: 1 area
- $2,929–$3,000: 8 areas
All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Brimbank — lower than 67% of areas.
| Brimbank | $1,494 |
|---|---|
| Greater Melbourne | $1,901 |
| Victoria | $1,759 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Weekly personal income is among the lowest for similar areas at $604, which is well below the national figure of $805. The typical household earns $1,494 a week, a little below the Victorian average of $1,759.
$1,494 ▲ +36.3%
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: $1,096
- 2016: $1,252
- 2021: $1,494
Median total household income per week.
$1,652 ▲ +40.1%
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: $1,179
- 2016: $1,341
- 2021: $1,652
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
Higher earners are less common here than elsewhere; only 5.5% of people earn $2,000 or more a week, well below the national figure of 12.5%. Similarly, households earning $3,000 or more weekly are well below the state average, though this group rose by 11 percentage points since 2011.
5.5%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
16.6%
Lower than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Brimbank splits fairly evenly between $1,500–$2,999 (32%) and $650–$1,499 (31%), with Under $650 at 19%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Brimbank, Under $650 is the majority at 52%; $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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Brimbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21301/brimbank/topic/income