$470 —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $445
- 2021: $470
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Running Creek · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly pay is far lower than usual for residents of Running Creek, where a typical family earns $1,274. This is well below the Queensland average and suggests a community where most people live on modest budgets.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Running Creek — lower than 79% of areas.
| Running Creek | $1,125 |
|---|---|
| 4287, QLD | $1,111 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical household brings in $1,125 a week, which is well below the national figure of $1,746. Personal incomes are also among the lowest in the region, with a typical person earning $470 weekly.
$470 —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,125 —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,274 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, as only 2.3% of people earn $2,000 or more per week, far below the national figure of 12.5%. Most of the population lives on a lower income, with 56.2% of people earning under $650 a week.
2.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
14.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Running Creek splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (33%) and $1,500–$2,999 (28%), with Under $650 at 25%.
In Running Creek, Under $650 is the majority at 62%; $650–$1,499 is next at 26%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Running Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32493/running-creek/topic/income