$565 ▲ +54.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $366
- 2016: $445
- 2021: $565
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Sunshine West · Suburb / Locality
Income in Sunshine West
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Just $565 is the typical weekly personal income in Sunshine West, a figure well below the national average. This reflects a community where typical family and household incomes are also lower than state and national levels. Most people here earn significantly less than the typical Australian.
$1,416
▲ +49.8%
- $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 Sunshine West — lower than 58% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical family earns $1,533 a week, which is well below the Victorian figure of $2,136. Household incomes are a little below the national average at $1,416 per week.
$1,416 ▲ +49.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $945
- 2016: $1,147
- 2021: $1,416
Median total household income per week.
$1,533 ▲ +55.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $988
- 2016: $1,214
- 2021: $1,533
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 earning $2,000 or more weekly compared to 12.5% nationally. This is reflected in the household data, where only 14.5% earn $3,000 or more a week, well below the Victorian 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.
14.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Sunshine West splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (33%) and $1,500–$2,999 (31%), with Under $650 at 20%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Sunshine West, Under $650 is the majority at 54%; $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 Sunshine West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22397/sunshine-west/topic/income