$828 —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $487
- 2021: $828
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Gower · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Steady earning patterns define Gower, where typical weekly household incomes remain higher than in most similar areas. While many residents earn modest amounts, the typical family income of $2,083 is about the same as the state and national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Gower — higher than 69% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly incomes for households ($1,875), families ($2,083), and individuals ($828) are all higher than most similar areas. These figures are all about the same as the Victorian and Australian averages.
$828 —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,875 —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$2,083 —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Low incomes are common here, with 47.6% of people earning under $650 a week. Only 7.1% of residents earn $2,000 or more weekly, which is well below the Victorian figure of 12.3%.
7.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
In Gower, $1,500–$2,999 is the majority at 76%; $3,000–$3,999 is next at 24%.
Gower splits fairly evenly between Under $650 (49%) and $650–$1,499 (44%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 7%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Gower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21083/gower/topic/income