$707 ▲ +36.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $520
- 2016: $561
- 2021: $707
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Glen Waverley · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
A little above the national figure, typical households in Glen Waverley earn $1,918 a week. This is a relatively affluent area where high earners are much more common than in most other parts of the country. While typical family incomes track closely with the state and national averages, a significant portion of the population earns well above those marks.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Glen Waverley — higher than 72% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly household income is $1,918, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the Victorian figure of $1,759. Families usually bring in $2,158 a week, while the typical personal weekly income is $707, which is a little below the national figure of $805.
$707 ▲ +36.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,918 ▲ +42.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$2,158 ▲ +40.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are common here, with 27.8% of households earning $3,000 or more a week, well above the 22.6% national average. This trend extends to individuals, as 13.5% of people earn $2,000 or more weekly, which is a little above the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
13.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
27.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Glen Waverley, the largest group is $1,500–$2,999 at 29%, followed by $650–$1,499 (24%) and $4,000 or more (17%).
In Glen Waverley, the largest group is Under $650 at 48%, followed by $650–$1,499 (28%) and $1,500–$2,999 (18%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Glen Waverley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21013/glen-waverley/topic/income