$545 ▲ +41.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $385
- 2016: $444
- 2021: $545
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Childers · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Low weekly earnings shape daily life in Childers, where typical household incomes are among the lowest in the country. With a typical household bringing in just $816 a week, the area sits far below the national figure of $1,746.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Childers — lower than 94% of areas.
| Childers | $816 |
|---|---|
| 4660, QLD | $945 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Weekly pay is much lower than most areas, with the typical family earning $1,234 and the typical person making $545. These figures are well below those for both Queensland and Australia.
$545 ▲ +41.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$816 ▲ +18.4%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,234 ▲ +47.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, as only 3.9% of households make $3,000 or more a week, which is far below the 22.6% national figure. Most people earn under $650 a week, accounting for 51.1% of all personal incomes.
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.
3.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Childers splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (40%) and Under $650 (35%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 21%.
In Childers, Under $650 is the majority at 60%; $650–$1,499 is next at 30%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Childers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30600/childers/topic/income