$892 —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $716
- 2021: $892
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Bowmans Forest · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly incomes in Bowmans Forest are much higher than in most similar areas. This is a relatively well-off pocket of the region, where typical household earnings sit above both the state and national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Bowmans Forest — higher than 78% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical household earns $2,071 a week, which is a little above the Victorian figure of $1,759. Typical personal weekly income is also higher than most areas at $892.
$892 —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$2,071 —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$2,250 —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
While 20% of households earn over $3,000 a week, very few individuals are high earners; only 3.3% of people make $2,000 or more weekly, which is well below the national figure of 12.5%.
3.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
20.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Bowmans Forest, the largest group is $1,500–$2,999 at 50%, followed by $650–$1,499 (26%) and $3,000–$3,999 (12%).
In Bowmans Forest, $650–$1,499 is the majority at 54%; Under $650 is next at 28%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Bowmans Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20312/bowmans-forest/topic/income