$667 ▲ +41.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $472
- 2016: $491
- 2021: $667
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Nicholson · Suburb / Locality
Income in Nicholson
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly incomes in Nicholson are well below the state and national figures. The typical family earns $1,657 a week, which is $479 less than the Victorian average. This reflects a broader trend of lower earnings across the area.
$1,390
▲ +63.9%
- $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 Nicholson — lower than 60% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly household income is $1,390, a figure well below both the Victorian ($1,759) and Australian ($1,746) averages. Personal weekly earnings are also lower than most areas at $667.
$1,390 ▲ +63.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $848
- 2016: $1,073
- 2021: $1,390
Median total household income per week.
$1,657 ▲ +70.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $970
- 2016: $1,308
- 2021: $1,657
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are few here, with only 5.5% of people earning $2,000 or more a week, well below the 12.3% seen in Victoria. This is consistent with only 13.2% of households earning $3,000 or more weekly.
5.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
13.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Nicholson splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (33%) and $1,500–$2,999 (32%), with Under $650 at 20%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Nicholson, the largest group is Under $650 at 49%, followed by $650–$1,499 (36%) and $1,500–$2,999 (14%).
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 Nicholson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21941/nicholson/topic/income