$466 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Melrose · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
A typical weekly personal income of just $466 marks Melrose as one of the lowest earning areas in the region. Residents face significant financial gaps compared to the rest of the state, with family and household incomes falling far below national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Melrose — lower than 90% of areas.
| Melrose | $900 |
|---|---|
| 4613, QLD | $784 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Weekly family incomes are typically $1,125, which is far below the Queensland figure of $2,024. Household incomes are also much lower than most areas at $900 per week.
$466 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$900 —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,125 —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
No one in the area earns $2,000 or more per week, a figure far below the 12.5% national average. Instead, 26.9% of people earn under $650 weekly.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
Melrose splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (50%) and $1,500–$2,999 (50%).
In Melrose, Under $650 is the majority at 54%; $650–$1,499 is next at 23%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Melrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31801/melrose/topic/income