$450 —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $430
- 2021: $450
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Wairewa · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Typical weekly family income in Wairewa is just $1,041, which is far below the national figure. This is a low-income area where typical weekly earnings for households and individuals are among the lowest in the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wairewa — lower than 91% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical household earns $885 a week, while personal weekly income is $450. Both figures are far below those in Victoria and across Australia.
$450 —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$885 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,041 —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
No one in the area earns $2,000 or more a week, and no households earn $3,000 or more. This is much lower than most areas, with over half of all residents earning under $650 weekly.
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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Wairewa, $650–$1,499 is the majority at 68%; $1,500–$2,999 is next at 18%.
In Wairewa, Under $650 is the majority at 60%; $650–$1,499 is next at 40%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Wairewa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22647/wairewa/topic/income