$1,172 ▲ +41.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $827
- 2016: $951
- 2021: $1,172
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Balaclava · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Typical incomes are among the highest for similar areas in Balaclava. This is a high-earning community where family and personal weekly incomes sit well above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Balaclava — higher than 76% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly personal income is $1,172, which is well above the national figure of $805. Families here also earn significantly more than average, with a typical weekly income of $2,899.
$1,172 ▲ +41.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$2,026 ▲ +41.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$2,899 ▲ +45.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are common here, as 22.2% of people earn over $2,000 a week, nearly double the Victorian rate of 12.3%. Similarly, 29.3% of households earn $3,000 or more weekly, which is well above the national average.
22.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
29.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Balaclava, the largest group is $1,500–$2,999 at 32%, followed by $650–$1,499 (23%) and $4,000 or more (20%).
Balaclava splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (33%) and Under $650 (29%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 27%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Balaclava [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20105/balaclava/topic/income