$561 ▲ +32.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $422
- 2016: $478
- 2021: $561
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Paynesville · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Far lower earnings than the state average define Paynesville, where typical weekly family incomes sit $852 below the Victorian figure. This gap is seen across all income types, making the area much lower in earnings than most similar places.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Paynesville — lower than 87% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly household income is $987, which is far below the national figure of $1,746. Personal weekly earnings are also well below the national average at $561.
$561 ▲ +32.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$987 ▲ +32.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,284 ▲ +39.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Only 8.2% of households earn $3,000 or more a week, a figure far below the Victorian average of 22.7%. This trend continues for individuals, with just 5.9% earning over $2,000 weekly.
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.
8.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Paynesville, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 42%, followed by Under $650 (27%) and $1,500–$2,999 (22%).
In Paynesville, Under $650 is the majority at 57%; $650–$1,499 is next at 31%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Paynesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22049/paynesville/topic/income