$707 ▲ +50.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $469
- 2016: $525
- 2021: $707
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
West Bendigo · Suburb / Locality
Income in West Bendigo
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Nearly 41% of people in West Bendigo earn less than $650 a week, making it an area where low incomes are common. Typical weekly household earnings are $1,343, which is well below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
$1,343
▲ +40.9%
- $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 West Bendigo — lower than 64% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly household income is $1,343, which is lower than most areas. Families fare slightly better with a typical weekly income of $1,764, though this is still a little below the state and national figures.
$1,343 ▲ +40.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $953
- 2016: $1,052
- 2021: $1,343
Median total household income per week.
$1,764 ▲ +77.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $992
- 2016: $1,178
- 2021: $1,764
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, with only 5.1% of households making $3,000 or more a week, a figure far below the Victorian average of 22.7%. Similarly, the proportion of people earning $2,000 or more weekly is well below the national rate.
4.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
5.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →West Bendigo splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (38%) and $1,500–$2,999 (37%), with Under $650 at 20%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →West Bendigo splits fairly evenly between Under $650 (45%) and $650–$1,499 (42%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 13%.
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 West Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22754/west-bendigo/topic/income