$936 ▲ +73.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $539
- 2016: $678
- 2021: $936
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Sorrento · Suburb / Locality
Income in Sorrento
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
More than one in five people in Sorrento earn $2,000 or more a week, a figure well above the national average. This makes it a high-earning area where many residents bring in significantly more than the usual person in Victoria.
$1,658
▲ +85.9%
- $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 Sorrento — higher than 58% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical personal weekly income is $936, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of $805. Typical family incomes are about the same as those across Victoria and Australia, sitting at $2,215 per week.
$1,658 ▲ +85.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $892
- 2016: $1,136
- 2021: $1,658
Median total household income per week.
$2,215 ▲ +88.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,174
- 2016: $1,579
- 2021: $2,215
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are common here, with 27.5% of households making $3,000 or more weekly, well above the 22.6% seen across Australia. This concentration of wealth is also seen in personal earnings, where 20.3% of people earn $2,000 or more each week.
20.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
27.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Sorrento splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (27%) and $1,500–$2,999 (23%), with $4,000 or more at 22%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Sorrento, the largest group is Under $650 at 38%, followed by $650–$1,499 (29%) and $1,500–$2,999 (16%).
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 Sorrento [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22306/sorrento/topic/income