$575 —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $474
- 2021: $575
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Torwood · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Much higher household incomes than most similar areas define Torwood, where the typical family earns $2,625 a week. While family and household earnings sit above the state and national figures, personal incomes are notably lower.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Torwood — higher than 91% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical household income is $2,624 weekly, which is among the highest for its level and well above the Victorian figure of $1,759. However, typical personal weekly income is only $575, which is well below the national figure of $805.
$575 —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$2,624 —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$2,625 —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Almost half of residents (48.6%) earn under $650 a week. This helps explain why the 8.1% of people earning over $2,000 weekly is well below the national figure of 12.5%.
8.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
In Torwood, $1,500–$2,999 is the majority at 100%.
In Torwood, Under $650 is the majority at 62%; $650–$1,499 is next at 28%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Torwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22554/torwood/topic/income