$488 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $419
- 2021: $488
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Carpendeit · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Lower incomes than most similar areas define Carpendeit, where the typical family earns $1,525 a week. This is well below both the Victorian and national figures, reflecting a community where high earners are rare.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Carpendeit — lower than 67% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Weekly family incomes are $1,525, which is well below the Victorian average of $2,136. This trend continues across the board, with typical personal incomes of $488 being far below the national figure of $805.
$488 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,312 —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,525 —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are scarce here, with only 3.4% of people earning $2,000 or more weekly, compared to 12.5% nationally. Most residents earn less than $650 a week, and no households in the area earn $4,000 or more.
3.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
12.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Carpendeit splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (34%) and $1,500–$2,999 (34%), with $3,000–$3,999 at 17%.
In Carpendeit, Under $650 is the majority at 65%; $650–$1,499 is next at 25%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Carpendeit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20501/carpendeit/topic/income