$524 ▲ +26.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $416
- 2016: $462
- 2021: $524
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Sea Lake · Suburb / Locality
Income in Sea Lake
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly earnings in Sea Lake have remained notably low compared to the rest of the country. The typical household earns just $883 a week, which is far below the national figure. This creates a landscape where a large majority of residents live on modest incomes.
$883
▲ +24.4%
- $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 Sea Lake — lower than 91% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical family incomes in Sea Lake are much lower than in most areas at $1,318 a week, which is $802 less than the Australian average. Individual earnings are also well below the national figure, with the typical person earning $524 weekly.
$883 ▲ +24.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $710
- 2016: $804
- 2021: $883
Median total household income per week.
$1,318 ▲ +46.4%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $900
- 2016: $1,093
- 2021: $1,318
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, with only 4.9% of people making $2,000 or more a week, well below the 12.5% seen across Australia. This is consistent with the fact that just 11.2% of households earn $3,000 or more weekly, far below the state average of 22.7%.
4.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
11.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Sea Lake splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (38%) and Under $650 (33%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 16%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Sea Lake, Under $650 is the majority at 58%; $650–$1,499 is next at 33%.
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 Sea Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22246/sea-lake/topic/income