$680 ▲ +78.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $381
- 2016: $606
- 2021: $680
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Seventeen Seventy · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
A significant gap in earnings marks Seventeen Seventy, where typical incomes remain well below state and national levels. The typical household earns just $949 a week, making this one of the lower-income areas in the region. While some individuals earn well, most residents live on modest weekly budgets.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Seventeen Seventy — lower than 89% of areas.
| Seventeen Seventy | $949 |
|---|---|
| 4677, QLD | $1,072 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Weekly family income is much lower than most areas at $1,374, which is well below the Queensland figure of $2,024. This trend continues for individuals, who typically earn $680 a week, a little below the national figure of $805.
$680 ▲ +78.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$949 ▲ +61.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,374 ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Only 12.5% of households earn $3,000 or more a week, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.6%. Interestingly, 11.7% of people earn $2,000 or more weekly, a rate that is higher than most similar areas.
11.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
12.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Seventeen Seventy splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (36%) and Under $650 (33%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 14%.
In Seventeen Seventy, the largest group is Under $650 at 49%, followed by $650–$1,499 (34%) and $1,500–$2,999 (9%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Seventeen Seventy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32540/seventeen-seventy/topic/income