$562 ▲ +19.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $472
- 2016: $457
- 2021: $562
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Mount Chalmers · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Low weekly earnings shape daily life in Mount Chalmers, where typical incomes are well below the figures for both Queensland and Australia. The typical household brings in $1,268 a week, a amount that is lower than most similar areas.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Chalmers — lower than 70% of areas.
| Mount Chalmers | $1,268 |
|---|---|
| 4702, QLD | $1,649 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Money coming in is quite low here, with the typical person earning $562 a week. This is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of $805.
$562 ▲ +19.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,268 ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,542 ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare in the area; only 4.9% of households earn $3,000 or more a week, which is far below the 22.6% seen across Australia. Half of all residents earn under $650 weekly.
4.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
4.9%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Mount Chalmers splits fairly evenly between $1,500–$2,999 (36%) and $650–$1,499 (31%), with Under $650 at 27%.
In Mount Chalmers, Under $650 is the majority at 52%; $650–$1,499 is next at 35%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Mount Chalmers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31946/mount-chalmers/topic/income