$486 ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $505
- 2016: $494
- 2021: $486
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Molloy Island · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly family incomes of just $1,075 make Molloy Island one of the lowest earners in the region. Residents here earn far less than the typical person in Western Australia or across the country. The area is sparsely populated and mostly consists of low-income earners.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Molloy Island — lower than 92% of areas.
| Molloy Island | $866 |
|---|---|
| 6290, WA | $901 |
| Western Australia | $1,815 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical household earns $866 a week, which is far below the national figure of $1,746. Similarly, a typical person earns $486 weekly, a figure that is much lower than most other areas.
$486 ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$866 ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,075 ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Very few residents have high incomes, with only 3.8% of households earning $3,000 or more per week. This is far below the 23.2% seen across Western Australia.
5.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
3.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Molloy Island splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (45%) and Under $650 (42%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 9%.
In Molloy Island, Under $650 is the majority at 60%; $650–$1,499 is next at 29%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Molloy Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50978/molloy-island/topic/income