$602 ▲ +26.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $476
- 2016: $534
- 2021: $602
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Mount Barker · Suburb / Locality
Income in Mount Barker
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Nearly half of all people in Mount Barker earn under $650 a week. This makes the area much lower-income than most other parts of the country, with typical weekly household earnings sitting at just $1,104.
$1,104
▲ +23.2%
- $500–$607: 251 areas
- $607–$714: 144 areas
- $714–$821: 425 areas
- $821–$929: 720 areas
- $929–$1,036: 656 areas
- $1,036–$1,143: 1059 areas
- $1,143–$1,250: 924 areas
- $1,250–$1,357: 1035 areas
- $1,357–$1,464: 1449 areas
- $1,464–$1,571: 885 areas
- $1,571–$1,679: 1023 areas
- $1,679–$1,786: 697 areas
- $1,786–$1,893: 1085 areas
- $1,893–$2,000: 633 areas
- $2,000–$2,107: 664 areas
- $2,107–$2,214: 622 areas
- $2,214–$2,321: 678 areas
- $2,321–$2,429: 379 areas
- $2,429–$2,536: 214 areas
- $2,536–$2,643: 221 areas
- $2,643–$2,750: 148 areas
- $2,750–$2,857: 192 areas
- $2,857–$2,964: 80 areas
- $2,964–$3,071: 82 areas
- $3,071–$3,179: 72 areas
- $3,179–$3,286: 96 areas
- $3,286–$3,393: 32 areas
- $3,393–$3,500: 211 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Barker — lower than 81% of areas.
| Mount Barker | $1,104 |
|---|---|
| 6324, WA | $1,191 |
| Western Australia | $1,815 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly incomes are much lower than most areas. A typical family earns $1,446, which is well below the state figure of $2,214 and the national figure of $2,120.
$1,104 ▲ +23.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $896
- 2016: $1,004
- 2021: $1,104
Median total household income per week.
$1,446 ▲ +31.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,104
- 2016: $1,254
- 2021: $1,446
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
Higher earners are far less common here, with only 10.1% of households earning $3,000 or more per week, compared to 23.2% across Western Australia.
6.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
10.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →In Mount Barker, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 36%, followed by Under $650 (27%) and $1,500–$2,999 (26%).
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Mount Barker, Under $650 is the majority at 53%; $650–$1,499 is next at 32%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Mount Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51004/mount-barker/topic/income