$512 ▲ +34.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $381
- 2016: $459
- 2021: $512
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Goughs Bay · Suburb / Locality
Income in Goughs Bay
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
A typical weekly household income of just $892 makes Goughs Bay one of the lowest-earning areas in the region. Residents across the board earn far less than those in the rest of Victoria and Australia. This trend is seen in every category, with family and personal incomes sitting well below national figures.
$892
▲ +30.0%
- $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 Goughs Bay — lower than 91% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Weekly family incomes are far below the Victorian average, typically reaching only $1,212. Individual earnings follow this pattern, with the usual personal weekly income of $512 sitting well below the national figure of $805.
$892 ▲ +30.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $686
- 2016: $793
- 2021: $892
Median total household income per week.
$1,212 ▲ +33.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $909
- 2016: $1,125
- 2021: $1,212
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
Low incomes are common here, as 36.5% of households earn under $650 a week. Only 8.8% of households earn $3,000 or more, which is far below the 22.7% seen across Victoria.
8.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
8.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Goughs Bay splits fairly evenly between Under $650 (39%) and $650–$1,499 (39%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 13%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Goughs Bay, Under $650 is the majority at 60%; $650–$1,499 is next at 23%.
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 Goughs Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21077/goughs-bay/topic/income