$720 ▲ +23.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $583
- 2016: $624
- 2021: $720
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Wheelers Hill · Suburb / Locality
Income in Wheelers Hill
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Over a quarter of homes in Wheelers Hill earn $3,000 or more each week, a figure well above the national average. This makes it an area where typical family and household incomes are higher than in most other similar places. While many households are wealthy, personal incomes are slightly lower than the state and national figures.
$1,818
▲ +16.0%
- $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 Wheelers Hill — higher than 66% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical family earns $2,124 a week, which is about the same as the Victorian and Australian figures. Weekly household income is $1,818, while the typical person earns $720, which is a little below the national figure of $805.
$1,818 ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,567
- 2016: $1,670
- 2021: $1,818
Median total household income per week.
$2,124 ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,768
- 2016: $1,886
- 2021: $2,124
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are common here, with 13.6% of people earning over $2,000 a week, slightly above the national figure. This helps explain why 27.2% of households earn $3,000 or more weekly, which is much higher than in most other areas.
13.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
27.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Wheelers Hill splits fairly evenly between $1,500–$2,999 (27%) and $650–$1,499 (26%), with Under $650 at 18%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Wheelers Hill, the largest group is Under $650 at 47%, followed by $650–$1,499 (29%) and $1,500–$2,999 (18%).
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 Wheelers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22766/wheelers-hill/topic/income