$804 ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $647
- 2016: $480
- 2021: $804
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Silky Oak · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Income levels in Silky Oak have remained steady over the last decade, though they sit below national benchmarks. The typical weekly household earns $1,343, which is well below the Australian figure of $1,746. While personal earnings are about the same as the national average, there are very few high-income earners in the area.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Silky Oak — lower than 64% of areas.
| Silky Oak | $1,343 |
|---|---|
| 4854, QLD | $1,296 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical family earns $1,792 a week, which is a little below the Queensland figure of $2,024. Most households earn less than $3,000 a week, and typical personal income is $804, about the same as the national figure.
$804 ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,343 ▲ +16.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,792 ▲ +27.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, with only 2.3% of people earning $2,000 or more weekly, far below the 12.5% national rate. Similarly, the 7.8% of households earning over $3,000 a week is far below the Australian average of 22.6%.
2.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
7.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Silky Oak splits fairly evenly between $1,500–$2,999 (37%) and $650–$1,499 (34%), with Under $650 at 22%.
Silky Oak splits fairly evenly between Under $650 (45%) and $650–$1,499 (42%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 13%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Silky Oak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32562/silky-oak/topic/income