$450 ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $345
- 2016: $418
- 2021: $450
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Burrum Heads · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Typical weekly household income is just $815 in Burrum Heads, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a community where earnings are among the lowest for similar areas, with very few high-income earners.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Burrum Heads — lower than 94% of areas.
| Burrum Heads | $815 |
|---|---|
| 4659, QLD | $858 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Weekly pay is much lower than in most areas, with the typical family earning $990. This is far below the Queensland figure of $2,024 and the Australian average of $2,120.
$450 ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$815 ▲ +22.6%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$990 ▲ +28.9%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, as only 3.2% of households make $3,000 or more a week, which is far below the national figure of 22.6%. Most people earn under $650 weekly, making up 61.7% of the population.
3.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
3.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Burrum Heads, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 49%, followed by Under $650 (30%) and $1,500–$2,999 (18%).
In Burrum Heads, Under $650 is the majority at 67%; $650–$1,499 is next at 25%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Burrum Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30455/burrum-heads/topic/income