$562 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $575
- 2021: $562
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Cowangie · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly family incomes in Cowangie are far below the Victorian and national figures, with a typical household earning just $1,041. This gap is seen across all income types, marking the area as much lower than most similar places across the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Cowangie — lower than 85% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical family earns $1,125 a week, which is $1,011 less than the Victorian average. Personal weekly incomes are also well below the national figure, sitting at $562.
$562 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,041 —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,125 —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
No one in the area earns $2,000 or more per week, a figure far below the 12.5% national average. More than half of all residents earn under $650 weekly.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
In Cowangie, Under $650 is the majority at 65%; $650–$1,499 is next at 19%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Cowangie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20656/cowangie/topic/income