$688 ▲ +32.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $518
- 2016: $597
- 2021: $688
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Newtown · Suburb / Locality
Income in Newtown
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
More than 44% of people in Newtown earn under $650 a week. This is a lower-income area where typical weekly household earnings of $1,200 are well below the national figure. Most residents earn significantly less than the typical person or family in Queensland.
$1,200
▲ +34.2%
- $500–$607: 251 areas
- $607–$714: 144 areas
- $714–$821: 425 areas
- $821–$929: 720 areas
- $929–$1,036: 656 areas
- $1,036–$1,143: 1059 areas
- $1,143–$1,250: 924 areas
- $1,250–$1,357: 1035 areas
- $1,357–$1,464: 1449 areas
- $1,464–$1,571: 885 areas
- $1,571–$1,679: 1023 areas
- $1,679–$1,786: 697 areas
- $1,786–$1,893: 1085 areas
- $1,893–$2,000: 633 areas
- $2,000–$2,107: 664 areas
- $2,107–$2,214: 622 areas
- $2,214–$2,321: 678 areas
- $2,321–$2,429: 379 areas
- $2,429–$2,536: 214 areas
- $2,536–$2,643: 221 areas
- $2,643–$2,750: 148 areas
- $2,750–$2,857: 192 areas
- $2,857–$2,964: 80 areas
- $2,964–$3,071: 82 areas
- $3,071–$3,179: 72 areas
- $3,179–$3,286: 96 areas
- $3,286–$3,393: 32 areas
- $3,393–$3,500: 211 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Newtown — lower than 75% of areas.
| Newtown | $1,200 |
|---|---|
| 4350, QLD | $1,428 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly household incomes are $1,200, which is well below the $1,746 seen across Australia. Family and personal incomes also follow this trend, with typical weekly family earnings of $1,507 sitting well below the Queensland figure.
$1,200 ▲ +34.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $894
- 2016: $1,029
- 2021: $1,200
Median total household income per week.
$1,507 ▲ +35.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,115
- 2016: $1,305
- 2021: $1,507
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, as only 7.7% of households earn $3,000 or more a week, a figure far below the national average. Similarly, the 5.4% of people earning over $2,000 weekly is well below the Queensland and Australian rates.
5.4%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
7.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →In Newtown, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 39%, followed by $1,500–$2,999 (29%) and Under $650 (24%).
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Newtown, the largest group is Under $650 at 48%, followed by $650–$1,499 (38%) and $1,500–$2,999 (13%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Newtown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32139/newtown/topic/income