$575 ▲ +46.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $393
- 2016: $445
- 2021: $575
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Palen Creek · Suburb / Locality
Income in Palen Creek
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly pay is significantly lower than most other areas in Palen Creek, where the typical family earns $1,437. This is well below the national figure of $2,120, reflecting a community with very modest incomes across the board.
$1,174
▲ +45.1%
- $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 Palen Creek — lower than 76% of areas.
| Palen Creek | $1,174 |
|---|---|
| 4287, QLD | $1,111 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly household income is $1,174, which is well below the Queensland figure of $1,675. Individual earnings are also much lower than most areas, with the typical person earning $575 a week.
$1,174 ▲ +45.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $809
- 2016: $885
- 2021: $1,174
Median total household income per week.
$1,437 ▲ +53.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $937
- 2016: $974
- 2021: $1,437
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are very rare here; no households earn $3,000 or more per week, which is far below the national rate of 22.6%. Similarly, only 0.9% of people earn $2,000 or more weekly, a figure far below the 12.5% seen across Australia.
0.9%
Lower than 83% 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.
Household income distribution
View on map →In Palen Creek, $650–$1,499 is the majority at 55%; $1,500–$2,999 is next at 39%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Palen Creek, Under $650 is the majority at 53%; $650–$1,499 is next at 37%.
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 Palen Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32253/palen-creek/topic/income