$725 —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $537
- 2021: $725
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Darlington · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Much lower incomes than most similar areas define Darlington, where the typical family earns $1,437 a week. This is well below the Victorian figure of $2,136. Most people here live on modest weekly earnings compared to the rest of the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Darlington — lower than 82% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly household income is far below the state figure at $1,083. While personal income is a little below the national average at $725, typical family earnings are well below Australia's $2,120.
$725 —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,083 —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,437 —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are less common here, with only 5.3% of people earning $2,000 or more a week, which is well below the national figure of 12.5%. Similarly, 14.3% of households earn $3,000 or more weekly, well below the Victorian average of 22.7%.
5.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
14.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Darlington, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 39%, followed by Under $650 (26%) and $1,500–$2,999 (21%).
Darlington splits fairly evenly between Under $650 (42%) and $650–$1,499 (39%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 12%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Darlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20714/darlington/topic/income