$634 ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $580
- 2016: $611
- 2021: $634
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Morpeth · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
A gap of over $700 exists between the typical weekly household income in Morpeth and the New South Wales average. This makes it a place where earnings are far below the state and national figures across families and individuals.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Morpeth — lower than 80% of areas.
| Morpeth | $1,122 |
|---|---|
| 2321, NSW | $1,963 |
| New South Wales | $1,829 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical household earns $1,122 a week, which is much lower than most areas. Weekly family incomes are also well below the national figure at $1,510, while the typical person earns $634.
$634 ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,122 ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,510 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, with only 12.7% of households making $3,000 or more a week, far below the state's 25.2%. Nearly half of all residents (48.3%) earn under $650 a week personally.
9.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
12.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Morpeth, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 39%, followed by $1,500–$2,999 (25%) and Under $650 (23%).
In Morpeth, Under $650 is the majority at 51%; $650–$1,499 is next at 31%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Morpeth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12738/morpeth/topic/income