$546 ▲ +44.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $377
- 2016: $470
- 2021: $546
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Scarness · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly family incomes of just $1,254 make Scarness a much lower income area than most other places. Typical earnings for households and individuals are far below the state and national figures. This gap is seen across the board, with very few residents earning high weekly wages.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Scarness — lower than 89% of areas.
| Scarness | $933 |
|---|---|
| 4655, QLD | $1,109 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical household earns $933 a week, which is far below the Queensland figure of $1,675. Personal weekly income is also well below the national average at $546.
$546 ▲ +44.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$933 ▲ +41.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,254 ▲ +57.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, with only 6.4% of households bringing in $3,000 or more per week, far below the Australian figure of 22.6%. Most people earn under $650 a week, accounting for 53.6% of the population.
4.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
6.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Scarness, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 39%, followed by Under $650 (32%) and $1,500–$2,999 (22%).
In Scarness, Under $650 is the majority at 59%; $650–$1,499 is next at 30%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Scarness [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32525/scarness/topic/income