$566 ▲ +31.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $429
- 2016: $477
- 2021: $566
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Foster · Suburb / Locality
Income in Foster
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly household incomes in Foster are far below the national figure, with a typical household earning just $975. This puts the area's overall earnings well below most other places across the state and country.
$975
▲ +29.3%
- $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 Foster — lower than 88% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical family income is $1,434 per week, which is well below the Victorian figure of $2,136. Similarly, the typical person in Foster earns $566 weekly, a result that is much lower than in most other areas.
$975 ▲ +29.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $754
- 2016: $811
- 2021: $975
Median total household income per week.
$1,434 ▲ +36.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,050
- 2016: $1,178
- 2021: $1,434
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are uncommon here, with only 9.8% of households making $3,000 or more a week, far below the 22.6% national average. Half of all residents earn under $650 a week.
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.
9.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Foster splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (35%) and Under $650 (32%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 23%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Foster, Under $650 is the majority at 56%; $650–$1,499 is next at 30%.
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 Foster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20940/foster/topic/income