$592 ▲ +63.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $362
- 2016: $451
- 2021: $592
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Fawkner · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly earnings in Fawkner have shifted since 2011, but the area remains lower-earning than most. The typical person here earns $592 a week, which is well below the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Fawkner — lower than 57% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Family income is well below the national figure at $1,677 a week. Typical household earnings are $1,428, which is a little below the same figure for Victoria and Australia.
$592 ▲ +63.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,428 ▲ +65.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,677 ▲ +68.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are less common here, with only 6.7% of people making $2,000 or more a week, well below the 12.5% national average. Almost half of all residents earn under $650 weekly.
6.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
16.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Fawkner splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (31%) and $1,500–$2,999 (31%), with Under $650 at 21%.
In Fawkner, Under $650 is the majority at 53%; $650–$1,499 is next at 31%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Fawkner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20909/fawkner/topic/income