$954 —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $712
- 2021: $954
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Bamboo · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Higher incomes than most similar areas define Bamboo, where a typical household earns $1,833 a week. This is a wealthy pocket of the region, with over a third of households bringing in $3,000 or more weekly.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Bamboo — higher than 67% of areas.
| Bamboo | $1,833 |
|---|---|
| 4873, QLD | $1,218 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Personal weekly earnings are much higher than most areas at $954, which is a little above the national figure of $805. Typical family incomes sit at $2,100, about the same as the Australian average.
$954 —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,833 —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$2,100 —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are common here, with 36.7% of households earning $3,000 or more a week, a figure far above the 20.2% seen across Queensland. However, only 8.2% of people earn $2,000 or more weekly, which is well below the national level.
8.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
36.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Bamboo splits fairly evenly between $1,500–$2,999 (29%) and $3,000–$3,999 (29%), with $650–$1,499 at 25%.
In Bamboo, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 47%, followed by Under $650 (29%) and $1,500–$2,999 (24%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Bamboo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30137/bamboo/topic/income