$599 —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $414
- 2021: $599
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Wareek · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
A typical weekly household income of $1,041 marks Wareek as an area with much lower earnings than most similar places. This trend is seen across the board, with both family and personal incomes sitting well below state and national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Wareek — lower than 85% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly family income is $1,375, which is well below the Victorian figure of $2,136. Personal incomes follow this pattern, with the usual weekly amount being $599, much lower than the national figure of $805.
$599 —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,041 —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,375 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here; only 4.5% of people earn $2,000 or more a week, which is well below the 12.5% national average. Similarly, only 9.4% of households earn $3,000 or more weekly, far below the 22.6% seen across Australia.
4.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
9.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Wareek, the largest group is Under $650 at 41%, followed by $650–$1,499 (33%) and $1,500–$2,999 (15%).
In Wareek, Under $650 is the majority at 65%; $650–$1,499 is next at 23%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Wareek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22690/wareek/topic/income