$617 ▲ +33.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $461
- 2016: $501
- 2021: $617
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Hawks Nest · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Much lower typical incomes than most similar areas mark Hawks Nest as a place of modest means. The typical household here earns just $1,096 a week, which is far below the New South Wales figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Hawks Nest — lower than 81% of areas.
| Hawks Nest | $1,096 |
|---|---|
| 2324, NSW | $1,254 |
| New South Wales | $1,829 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Weekly pay is well below the national average across the board. Typical families earn $1,398 and individual residents earn $617, both of which are much lower than the usual figures for the state and country.
$617 ▲ +33.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,096 ▲ +51.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,398 ▲ +59.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, with only 12% of households making $3,000 or more a week, far below the 22.6% national figure. Nearly half of all people earn under $650 weekly.
7.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
12.0%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Hawks Nest, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 40%, followed by Under $650 (26%) and $1,500–$2,999 (21%).
In Hawks Nest, Under $650 is the majority at 52%; $650–$1,499 is next at 32%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Hawks Nest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11880/hawks-nest/topic/income