$581 ▲ +46.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $396
- 2016: $502
- 2021: $581
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Scotts Head · Suburb / Locality
Income in Scotts Head
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Much lower incomes than most similar areas define Scotts Head, where the typical family earns just $1,453 a week. This is well below the New South Wales figure of $2,185, marking the area as one with significantly lower earning power than both the state and the rest of the country.
$1,212
▲ +72.2%
- $500–$607: 251 areas
- $607–$714: 144 areas
- $714–$821: 425 areas
- $821–$929: 720 areas
- $929–$1,036: 656 areas
- $1,036–$1,143: 1059 areas
- $1,143–$1,250: 924 areas
- $1,250–$1,357: 1035 areas
- $1,357–$1,464: 1449 areas
- $1,464–$1,571: 885 areas
- $1,571–$1,679: 1023 areas
- $1,679–$1,786: 697 areas
- $1,786–$1,893: 1085 areas
- $1,893–$2,000: 633 areas
- $2,000–$2,107: 664 areas
- $2,107–$2,214: 622 areas
- $2,214–$2,321: 678 areas
- $2,321–$2,429: 379 areas
- $2,429–$2,536: 214 areas
- $2,536–$2,643: 221 areas
- $2,643–$2,750: 148 areas
- $2,750–$2,857: 192 areas
- $2,857–$2,964: 80 areas
- $2,964–$3,071: 82 areas
- $3,071–$3,179: 72 areas
- $3,179–$3,286: 96 areas
- $3,286–$3,393: 32 areas
- $3,393–$3,500: 211 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Scotts Head — lower than 74% of areas.
| Scotts Head | $1,212 |
|---|---|
| 2447, NSW | $1,048 |
| New South Wales | $1,829 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical weekly personal income is $581, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of $805. Similarly, typical household weekly incomes sit at $1,212, falling well below the New South Wales average of $1,829.
$1,212 ▲ +72.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $704
- 2016: $969
- 2021: $1,212
Median total household income per week.
$1,453 ▲ +56.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $930
- 2016: $1,231
- 2021: $1,453
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
Only 11.8% of households earn $3,000 or more a week, a figure far below the New South Wales rate of 25.2%. This is consistent with personal earnings, as over half of all people here earn under $650 per week.
8.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
11.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Scotts Head splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (31%) and Under $650 (28%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 28%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Scotts Head, Under $650 is the majority at 54%; $650–$1,499 is next at 30%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Scotts Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13523/scotts-head/topic/income