$759 ▲ +48.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $512
- 2016: $620
- 2021: $759
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Surf Beach · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Typical incomes in Surf Beach are lower than most similar areas, with families earning well below the state and national figures. The usual weekly family income is $1,652, which is $484 less than the Victorian average.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Surf Beach — lower than 58% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical household earns $1,414 a week, which is a little below the national figure of $1,746. Personal weekly income is $759, sitting about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
$759 ▲ +48.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,414 ▲ +42.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,652 ▲ +40.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Few residents earn high wages, with only 8.7% of people making $2,000 or more a week, well below the 12.5% national average. This is consistent with the household data, where the 13% who earn $3,000 or more weekly is well below the national figure.
8.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
13.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Surf Beach splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (37%) and $1,500–$2,999 (33%), with Under $650 at 16%.
Surf Beach splits fairly evenly between Under $650 (42%) and $650–$1,499 (38%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 17%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Surf Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22398/surf-beach/topic/income