$924 —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $550
- 2021: $924
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Cosgrove South · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
More than 40% of households in Cosgrove South earn under $650 a week. This creates a unique financial profile for the area, where typical personal earnings are higher than the national figure, yet overall household incomes remain very low.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Cosgrove South — lower than 79% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly personal income is $924, which is a little above the national figure of $805. However, typical household income is well below the Australian figure, sitting at $1,124 compared to $1,746.
$924 —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,124 —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$2,124 —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
No one in the area earns $3,000 or more per week, a figure far below the 22.6% seen across Australia. Despite this, 12% of people earn $2,000 or more weekly, which is about the same as the Victorian average.
12.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Cosgrove South, Under $650 is the majority at 55%; $650–$1,499 is next at 30%.
In Cosgrove South, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 50%, followed by Under $650 (33%) and $1,500–$2,999 (17%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Cosgrove South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20651/cosgrove-south/topic/income