$630 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $612
- 2021: $630
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Bears Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly earnings of $1,274 for the typical household mean that money is tighter in Bears Lagoon than in most other areas. This is a low-income community where the usual family earns $1,350 a week, which is well below the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Bears Lagoon — lower than 70% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly personal incomes are $630, which is lower than most areas and well below the Victoria figure of $803. Household earnings are also well below the national average by $472 each week.
$630 —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,274 —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,350 —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Over half of residents earn under $650 a week, while those making $2,000 or more account for 8.9%. This share of high earners is well below the Australian figure of 12.5%.
8.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
Bears Lagoon splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (50%) and $4,000 or more (50%).
In Bears Lagoon, Under $650 is the majority at 56%; $650–$1,499 is next at 35%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Bears Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20179/bears-lagoon/topic/income