$703 ▲ +33.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $526
- 2016: $612
- 2021: $703
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Capel · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly earnings in Capel are generally lower than the state and national figures. The typical family earns $1,735 a week, which is well below the Western Australian average. This reflects a community where most residents live on modest incomes compared to the rest of the country.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Capel — lower than 58% of areas.
| Capel | $1,425 |
|---|---|
| 6271, WA | $1,465 |
| Western Australia | $1,815 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly household income is $1,425, which is well below the Western Australian figure of $1,815. Personal weekly earnings are also a little below the national average at $703.
$703 ▲ +33.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,425 ▲ +38.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,735 ▲ +38.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, with only 11.5% of households making $3,000 or more a week, a figure far below the national average. This is consistent with personal income trends, where only 8.8% of people earn $2,000 or more weekly.
8.8%
Higher than 54% 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.
Capel splits fairly evenly between $1,500–$2,999 (34%) and $650–$1,499 (32%), with Under $650 at 21%.
In Capel, the largest group is Under $650 at 47%, followed by $650–$1,499 (34%) and $1,500–$2,999 (17%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Capel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50251/capel/topic/income