$662 ▲ +69.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $391
- 2016: $476
- 2021: $662
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Firefly · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly household incomes in Firefly are well below the state and national figures. Typical families earn $1,625 a week, which is $560 less than the New South Wales average. This gap highlights a community where most people earn significantly less than the typical Australian.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Firefly — lower than 62% of areas.
| Firefly | $1,375 |
|---|---|
| 2429, NSW | $1,126 |
| New South Wales | $1,829 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly household income is $1,375, which is lower than most areas and well below the national figure of $1,746. Personal incomes follow a similar pattern, with the typical person earning $662 a week, a little below the $805 typical across Australia.
$662 ▲ +69.3%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,375 ▲ +84.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,625 ▲ +87.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, with only 4.7% of people earning $2,000 or more a week, well below the 12.5% national average. This is consistent with the household data, where only 13.3% of homes earn $3,000 or more weekly, far below the New South Wales figure.
4.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
13.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Firefly, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 36%, followed by $1,500–$2,999 (31%) and Under $650 (18%).
In Firefly, the largest group is Under $650 at 49%, followed by $650–$1,499 (41%) and $1,500–$2,999 (9%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Firefly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11524/firefly/topic/income