$491 ▲ +27.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $386
- 2016: $464
- 2021: $491
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Port Albert · Suburb / Locality
Income in Port Albert
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Half of all people in Port Albert earn under $650 a week, highlighting a community with very low earnings. The area's typical weekly household income of $981 is far below both the Victorian and national figures.
$981
▲ +61.3%
- $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 Port Albert — lower than 87% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Earnings are much lower than most areas, with the typical family bringing in $1,170 a week. This is far below the Victorian typical family income of $2,136.
$981 ▲ +61.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $608
- 2016: $777
- 2021: $981
Median total household income per week.
$1,170 ▲ +31.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $892
- 2016: $1,031
- 2021: $1,170
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
Very few residents earn high wages; only 4.7% of people make $2,000 or more weekly, which is well below the national figure of 12.5%. Similarly, just 4.1% of households earn $3,000 or more per week, far below the 22.7% seen across Victoria.
4.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
4.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Port Albert splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (40%) and Under $650 (36%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 21%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Port Albert, Under $650 is the majority at 59%; $650–$1,499 is next at 30%.
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 Port Albert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22103/port-albert/topic/income