$930 ▲ +42.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $651
- 2016: $787
- 2021: $930
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Semaphore South · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Much higher personal incomes than most similar areas define Semaphore South, where typical weekly family earnings reach $2,352. This is a relatively affluent pocket of the region, with a higher proportion of high-earners compared to both the state and national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Semaphore South — higher than 59% of areas.
| Semaphore South | $1,676 |
|---|---|
| 5019, SA | $1,437 |
| South Australia | $1,455 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical person here earns $930 a week, which is well above the South Australian figure of $734. Typical family incomes are also a little above the national average, while household incomes sit around the middle for this level of area.
$930 ▲ +42.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,676 ▲ +49.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$2,352 ▲ +40.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are common here, with 16.3% of people making $2,000 or more a week, which is well above the 9.1% seen across South Australia. This trend is reflected in households, where 23.6% earn $3,000 or more weekly, a figure higher than most areas.
16.3%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
23.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Semaphore South splits fairly evenly between $1,500–$2,999 (31%) and $650–$1,499 (28%), with Under $650 at 16%.
Semaphore South splits fairly evenly between Under $650 (36%) and $650–$1,499 (34%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 24%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Semaphore South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41331/semaphore-south/topic/income