$596 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $619
- 2021: $596
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Chocolyn · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly earnings in Chocolyn have remained consistently low, with no residents earning $2,000 or more a week. This makes it an area where typical incomes are far below state and national figures, with the usual household bringing in just $900 weekly.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Chocolyn — lower than 90% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly incomes are much lower than most areas, with families earning $1,187 and individuals making $596. Both figures are far below the Victorian and Australian averages.
$596 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$900 —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,187 —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Income is spread mostly across the lower brackets, as 55.2% of people earn under $650 a week. No households earn $3,000 or more weekly, which is far below the 22.7% seen across Victoria.
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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Chocolyn splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (42%) and Under $650 (38%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 21%.
In Chocolyn, Under $650 is the majority at 59%; $650–$1,499 is next at 35%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Chocolyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20558/chocolyn/topic/income