$700 —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $424
- 2021: $700
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Brooks Bay · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly family incomes in Brooks Bay are far below the national figure, with a typical family earning $1,125. This gap is a key feature of the local economy, as typical household and personal earnings all sit below the national average.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Brooks Bay — lower than 77% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical family income of $1,125 is well below the Tasmanian figure of $1,720. Typical household earnings are also much lower than most areas at $1,166, while the usual personal weekly income of $700 is about the same as the state average.
$700 —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,166 —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,125 —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
No households in the area earn $3,000 or more per week, which is far below the national rate of 22.6%. While 6.7% of people earn $2,000 or more weekly, this is well below the 12.5% seen across Australia.
6.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Brooks Bay, $650–$1,499 is the majority at 100%.
In Brooks Bay, $650–$1,499 is the majority at 53%; Under $650 is next at 37%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Brooks Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60081/brooks-bay/topic/income