$446 ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $366
- 2016: $393
- 2021: $446
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Lowmead · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly pay for the area has stayed very low over the last decade, leaving Lowmead as one of the lowest-earning places in the region. Typical family incomes are far below the national figure, with most households surviving on less than $1,500 a week.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Lowmead — lower than 91% of areas.
| Lowmead | $880 |
|---|---|
| 4676, QLD | $880 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical family earns just $1,042 a week, which is far below the Queensland figure of $2,024. Typical personal and household incomes are also among the lowest at this level, sitting at $446 and $880 respectively.
$446 ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$880 ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,042 ▲ +35.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
No households in Lowmead earn $3,000 or more a week, a figure far below the 22.6% national average. However, 10.6% of people earn $2,000 or more weekly, which is higher than in most similar areas.
10.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Lowmead, $650–$1,499 is the majority at 56%; $1,500–$2,999 is next at 26%.
In Lowmead, Under $650 is the majority at 64%; $650–$1,499 is next at 24%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Lowmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31699/lowmead/topic/income