$374 —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $630
- 2021: $374
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Rathscar · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
A typical family in Rathscar earns just $1,062 a week, which is far below the state and national figures. This level of income is among the lowest for similar areas, marking the town as a low-income locality.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Rathscar — lower than 96% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Weekly household income is far below the national figure at $762. Personal incomes are also very low, with the typical person earning $374 a week, which is much lower than the $805 seen across Australia.
$374 —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$762 —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,062 —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
The most common household income distribution is Under $650 at 40%, ahead of $1,500–$2,999 (40%).
Rathscar splits fairly evenly between Under $650 (36%) and $1,500–$2,999 (36%), with $650–$1,499 at 27%.
In Rathscar, Under $650 is the majority at 67%; $650–$1,499 is next at 33%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Rathscar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22139/rathscar/topic/income