$593 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $525
- 2021: $593
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Sailors Hill · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly earnings in Sailors Hill sit far below both state and national figures. The typical family earns just $1,292 a week, which is far below the Victorian average of $2,136. This gap highlights a community where most residents live on significantly lower incomes than the rest of the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Sailors Hill — lower than 76% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical household weekly income is $1,187, which is well below the national figure of $1,746. Personal earnings are also much lower than most areas, with the usual person bringing in $593 a week.
$593 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,187 —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,292 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are less common here, with only 17.1% of households making $3,000 or more weekly, well below the 22.7% seen across Victoria. Nearly half of all individuals earn under $650 a week.
9.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
17.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Sailors Hill, $650–$1,499 is the majority at 52%; Under $650 is next at 21%.
In Sailors Hill, the largest group is Under $650 at 48%, followed by $650–$1,499 (38%) and $1,500–$2,999 (14%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Sailors Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22225/sailors-hill/topic/income