$783 —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $662
- 2021: $783
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Sugarloaf · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Far fewer high-earning households live in Sugarloaf than in the rest of the country. While typical weekly incomes are about the same as those in Queensland and Australia, the area lacks the concentration of top-tier earners found elsewhere.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Sugarloaf — lower than 51% of areas.
| Sugarloaf | $1,524 |
|---|---|
| 4800, QLD | $1,489 |
| Queensland | $1,675 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical family earns $1,958 a week, which is about the same as the Queensland figure of $2,024. Typical household income is $1,524, which is a little below the national figure of $1,746.
$783 —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,524 —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,958 —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Only 11.5% of households earn $3,000 or more a week, which is far below the Australian average of 22.6%. Personal incomes are also lower at the top end, with 8.5% of people earning $2,000 or more weekly, compared to 12.5% across Australia.
8.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
11.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Sugarloaf splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (35%) and $1,500–$2,999 (31%), with Under $650 at 19%.
Sugarloaf splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (42%) and Under $650 (39%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 15%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Sugarloaf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32686/sugarloaf/topic/income