$586 ▲ +31.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $445
- 2016: $488
- 2021: $586
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Cowes · Suburb / Locality
Income in Cowes
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Over half of all people in Cowes earn less than $650 a week. This makes the area's typical incomes much lower than most other places, with a weekly household income of $1,026 that is far below the national figure.
$1,026
▲ +39.6%
- $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 Cowes — lower than 85% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly personal income is $586, which is well below both the Victorian and Australian figures. Family and household incomes are also much lower than in most areas.
$1,026 ▲ +39.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $735
- 2016: $840
- 2021: $1,026
Median total household income per week.
$1,339 ▲ +39.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $961
- 2016: $1,129
- 2021: $1,339
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, with only 9.2% of households making $3,000 or more weekly, far below the 22.6% national average. Similarly, only 6% of people earn $2,000 or more a week, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
6.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
9.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →In Cowes, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 40%, followed by Under $650 (28%) and $1,500–$2,999 (22%).
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Cowes, Under $650 is the majority at 56%; $650–$1,499 is next at 32%.
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 Cowes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20657/cowes/topic/income