$801 ▲ +30.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $612
- 2016: $690
- 2021: $801
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Peterhead · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Roughly 32% of households in Peterhead earn between $650 and $1,499 a week, making this the most common income bracket. The area generally sees typical weekly household incomes well below the national figure. While personal earnings are about the same as the Australian average, fewer homes here reach the highest income levels compared to other areas.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Peterhead — lower than 64% of areas.
| Peterhead | $1,346 |
|---|---|
| 5016, SA | $1,655 |
| South Australia | $1,455 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly household income is $1,346, which is lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of $1,746. In contrast, the typical weekly personal income of $801 is a little above the South Australian average.
$801 ▲ +30.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,346 ▲ +42.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,841 ▲ +48.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are less common here, with only 11.2% of households earning $3,000 or more a week, a figure far below the national average of 22.6%. Similarly, the 7.5% of people earning over $2,000 weekly is well below the Australian figure.
7.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
11.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Peterhead splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (34%) and $1,500–$2,999 (32%), with Under $650 at 22%.
Peterhead splits fairly evenly between Under $650 (42%) and $650–$1,499 (39%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 18%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Peterhead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41144/peterhead/topic/income