$554 ▲ +33.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $416
- 2016: $516
- 2021: $554
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Broadwater · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly earnings are well below the state and national figures for residents of Broadwater. Most people here live on a tight budget, with the typical household bringing in just $1,183 a week. This makes it a much lower-income area compared to most other places in Australia.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Broadwater — lower than 76% of areas.
| Broadwater | $1,183 |
|---|---|
| 4380 crosses QLD/NSW | $1,035 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly family incomes are $1,337, which is well below the Queensland figure of $2,024. This trend holds across the board, with personal incomes also sitting much lower than most areas at $554 per week.
$554 ▲ +33.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,183 ▲ +31.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,337 ▲ +56.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here; only 6.6% of households earn $3,000 or more a week, a figure far below the 20.2% seen across Queensland. This is reflected in the personal income spread, where over half of all residents earn under $650 a week.
6.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
6.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Broadwater, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 46%, followed by $1,500–$2,999 (27%) and Under $650 (21%).
In Broadwater, Under $650 is the majority at 57%; $650–$1,499 is next at 31%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Broadwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30383/broadwater/topic/income