$810 ▲ +31.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $618
- 2016: $690
- 2021: $810
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
North Shore · Suburb / Locality
Income in North Shore
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly household incomes in North Shore are well below the national figure, with a typical household earning $1,327. While family incomes sit around the middle for similar areas, the overall spread shows a community where a few high earners stand out against a larger group of lower-income households.
$1,327
▲ +45.5%
- $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 North Shore — lower than 66% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical weekly personal income is $810, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the national figure. However, the typical weekly household income of $1,327 is well below both the Victorian ($1,759) and Australian ($1,746) figures.
$1,327 ▲ +45.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $912
- 2016: $1,118
- 2021: $1,327
Median total household income per week.
$2,019 ▲ +75.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,152
- 2016: $1,388
- 2021: $2,019
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are more common here than in most similar areas, with 9.9% of people earning $2,000 or more a week. In contrast, households earning $3,000 or more weekly make up 14.6% of the area, which is well below the Victorian average of 22.7%.
9.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
14.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →North Shore splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (34%) and $1,500–$2,999 (31%), with Under $650 at 20%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →North Shore splits fairly evenly between Under $650 (38%) and $650–$1,499 (36%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 21%.
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 North Shore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21967/north-shore/topic/income