$541 ▲ +38.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $390
- 2016: $505
- 2021: $541
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Sandgate · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
A typical weekly household income of just $687 makes Sandgate one of the lowest-earning areas in the region. Residents live on budgets far below the state and national figures, with very few people earning high weekly wages.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Sandgate — lower than 99% of areas.
| Sandgate | $687 |
|---|---|
| 2304, NSW | $1,591 |
| New South Wales | $1,829 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly family income is $1,208, which is far below the New South Wales figure of $2,185. Personal weekly earnings are also much lower than most areas at $541.
$541 ▲ +38.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$687 ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,208 ▲ +45.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Very few people here earn high wages, with 0% of the population earning over $2,000 a week. This is far below the national figure of 12.5% and is reflected in the fact that only 10.7% of households earn $3,000 or more weekly.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
10.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Sandgate splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (37%) and Under $650 (34%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 17%.
In Sandgate, Under $650 is the majority at 58%; $650–$1,499 is next at 42%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Sandgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13489/sandgate/topic/income