$746 —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $772
- 2021: $746
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Browns Plains · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly family incomes in Browns Plains are well below the national figure, falling $495 short of the Australian typical. This creates a striking contrast in the area, where a large gap exists between those with lower incomes and a significant group of high earners.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Browns Plains — lower than 59% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly family income is $1,625, which is well below the Victorian figure of $2,136. Households typically bring in $1,406 a week, and personal weekly income is $746, which is about the same as the national figure.
$746 —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,406 —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,625 —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
A far higher share of households earn $3,000 or more a week compared to the state, at 39.5%. This is mirrored in personal earnings, with 15.7% of people earning over $2,000 weekly, which is well above the national rate.
15.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
39.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Browns Plains splits fairly evenly between $3,000–$3,999 (31%) and $650–$1,499 (29%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 20%.
Browns Plains splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (41%) and Under $650 (40%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 16%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Browns Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20357/browns-plains/topic/income