$873 ▲ +60.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $544
- 2016: $645
- 2021: $873
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Eltham · Suburb / Locality
Income in Eltham
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Higher than usual earnings shape daily life in Eltham, where the typical household brings in $1,978 a week. This is a little above the national figure, marking the area as a relatively prosperous pocket of the region.
$1,978
▲ +30.6%
- $500–$607: 251 areas
- $607–$714: 144 areas
- $714–$821: 425 areas
- $821–$929: 720 areas
- $929–$1,036: 656 areas
- $1,036–$1,143: 1059 areas
- $1,143–$1,250: 924 areas
- $1,250–$1,357: 1035 areas
- $1,357–$1,464: 1449 areas
- $1,464–$1,571: 885 areas
- $1,571–$1,679: 1023 areas
- $1,679–$1,786: 697 areas
- $1,786–$1,893: 1085 areas
- $1,893–$2,000: 633 areas
- $2,000–$2,107: 664 areas
- $2,107–$2,214: 622 areas
- $2,214–$2,321: 678 areas
- $2,321–$2,429: 379 areas
- $2,429–$2,536: 214 areas
- $2,536–$2,643: 221 areas
- $2,643–$2,750: 148 areas
- $2,750–$2,857: 192 areas
- $2,857–$2,964: 80 areas
- $2,964–$3,071: 82 areas
- $3,071–$3,179: 72 areas
- $3,179–$3,286: 96 areas
- $3,286–$3,393: 32 areas
- $3,393–$3,500: 211 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Eltham — higher than 74% of areas.
| Eltham | $1,978 |
|---|---|
| 2480, NSW | $1,326 |
| New South Wales | $1,829 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Weekly household incomes are higher than most areas, with the typical family earning $2,100. Typical personal weekly pay is $873, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
$1,978 ▲ +30.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,514
- 2016: $1,536
- 2021: $1,978
Median total household income per week.
$2,100 ▲ +21.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,735
- 2016: $2,022
- 2021: $2,100
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
A high proportion of households earn $3,000 or more a week, at 26.4%, which is well above the Australian figure. However, personal earnings are more spread out, with 34.5% of people earning under $650 a week.
12.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
26.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →In Eltham, the largest group is $1,500–$2,999 at 33%, followed by $650–$1,499 (26%) and $3,000–$3,999 (16%).
Personal income distribution
View on map →Eltham splits fairly evenly between Under $650 (39%) and $650–$1,499 (35%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 23%.
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 Eltham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11412/eltham/topic/income