$776 ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $668
- 2016: $675
- 2021: $776
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Kirkstall · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Around the middle of similar areas for earnings, Kirkstall is a place where most people earn a modest living. Typical weekly household incomes sit at $1,690, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Kirkstall — higher than 59% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical family in Kirkstall earns $1,890 a week, which is a little below the Victorian figure of $2,136. Personal weekly incomes are about the same as the national figure at $776.
$776 ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,690 ▲ +56.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,890 ▲ +34.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Higher earners are much less common here than in most areas. Only 3.8% of people earn $2,000 or more a week, well below the 12.5% national average, and no one earns $3,000 or more.
3.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
12.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Kirkstall, the largest group is $1,500–$2,999 at 44%, followed by $650–$1,499 (27%) and Under $650 (15%).
Kirkstall splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (42%) and Under $650 (41%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 16%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Kirkstall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21368/kirkstall/topic/income