$795 ▲ +29.9%
Higher than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: $612
- 2016: $672
- 2021: $795
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Surfers Paradise · Sub-region (SA3)
Income in Surfers Paradise
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
A mix of modest and high earners shapes daily life in Surfers Paradise, where the typical weekly household income is $1,466. While this is lower than most other areas, the number of high-earning households has grown significantly over the last decade.
$1,466
▲ +32.3%
- $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 Surfers Paradise — lower than 70% of areas.
| Surfers Paradise | $1,466 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | $1,507 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly family income is $1,920, which is about the same as the Queensland figure. Personal weekly income sits at $795, matching both state and national levels, while the typical household income of $1,466 is a little below the national figure of $1,746.
$1,466 ▲ +32.3%
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: $1,108
- 2016: $1,275
- 2021: $1,466
Median total household income per week.
$1,920 ▲ +35.7%
Lower than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: $1,415
- 2016: $1,620
- 2021: $1,920
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are becoming more common, with the share of households earning $3,000 or more a week rising to 18.7% since 2011. This is well below the Australian average of 22.6%, yet the 11.6% of people earning $2,000 or more weekly is about the same as the rest of the country.
11.6%
Higher than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
18.7%
Lower than 56% 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 →Surfers Paradise splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (32%) and $1,500–$2,999 (29%), with Under $650 at 19%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →Surfers Paradise splits fairly evenly between Under $650 (41%) and $650–$1,499 (37%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 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 Surfers Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30910/surfers-paradise/topic/income