$866 —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $674
- 2021: $866
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Cape Otway · Suburb / Locality
Income in Cape Otway
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
A weekly family income of just $1,374 is the norm for Cape Otway, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. While family and household earnings are much lower than most areas, individual personal incomes are actually higher than typical for similar places.
$1,124
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- $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 Cape Otway — lower than 79% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical household earns $1,124 a week, which is well below the Victorian figure of $1,759. However, typical personal income is $866, which is about the same as the national figure of $805.
$1,124 —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $1,249
- 2021: $1,124
Median total household income per week.
$1,374 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $1,999
- 2021: $1,374
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are common here, with 18.8% of people making $2,000 or more a week, a figure well above the national average of 12.5%. Despite this, 25% of residents earn under $650 weekly.
18.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →In Cape Otway, $650–$1,499 is the majority at 100%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →Cape Otway splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (35%) and $1,500–$2,999 (35%), with Under $650 at 31%.
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 Cape Otway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20472/cape-otway/topic/income