$627 ▲ +20.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $520
- 2016: $657
- 2021: $627
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Neerim · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly pay is significantly lower in Neerim than in most other parts of the country. The typical family brings in $1,442 a week, which is well below the Victorian figure of $2,136. This makes the area much lower-earning than the state and national averages.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Neerim — lower than 59% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical household income is $1,401 per week, sitting around the middle for similar areas. However, personal earnings are lower than most places, with the typical person earning $627 weekly, well below the national figure of $805.
$627 ▲ +20.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,401 ▲ +28.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,442 ▲ +19.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, with only 10.8% of households making $3,000 or more a week, far below the national 22.6%. Similarly, only 5.9% of people earn $2,000 or more weekly, which is well below the Australian average of 12.5%.
5.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
10.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Neerim, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 43%, followed by $1,500–$2,999 (32%) and Under $650 (13%).
In Neerim, Under $650 is the majority at 52%; $650–$1,499 is next at 29%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Neerim [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21907/neerim/topic/income