$1,183 ▲ +39.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $847
- 2016: $961
- 2021: $1,183
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
St Kilda East · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly personal incomes in St Kilda East are well above the national figure by $378. This is a high-earning area where typical family and household incomes are much higher than in most other similar places.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is St Kilda East — higher than 76% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical weekly income for a family here is $2,870, which is well above the Victorian figure of $2,136. Individual earners also see strong results, with a typical weekly personal income of $1,183.
$1,183 ▲ +39.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$2,020 ▲ +38.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$2,870 ▲ +46.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are common, as 21.4% of people make $2,000 or more a week, which is well above the 12.5% national average. Similarly, 28.3% of households earn $3,000 or more weekly, a figure well above both the state and nation.
21.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
28.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In St Kilda East, the largest group is $1,500–$2,999 at 34%, followed by $650–$1,499 (23%) and $4,000 or more (18%).
St Kilda East splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (33%) and Under $650 (29%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 28%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in St Kilda East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22344/st-kilda-east/topic/income