$589 —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $587
- 2021: $589
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Sapphire · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly pay levels have remained relatively stable in Sapphire, though most residents earn significantly less than the national average. While typical family incomes are about the same as those across Australia, personal and household earnings are much lower.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Sapphire — lower than 62% of areas.
| Sapphire | $1,375 |
|---|---|
| 2360, NSW | $1,212 |
| New South Wales | $1,829 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical family earns $2,249 a week, which is about the same as the national figure. However, the typical person in Sapphire earns just $589 weekly, a figure well below the Australian average of $805.
$589 —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,375 —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$2,249 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Income is concentrated at the lower end, with 36.4% of people earning under $650 a week. No one in the area earns $2,000 or more weekly, which is far below the 12.5% seen across Australia.
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.
In Sapphire, Under $650 is the majority at 53%; $1,500–$2,999 is next at 27%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Sapphire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13505/sapphire/topic/income