$710 ▲ +33.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $533
- 2016: $642
- 2021: $710
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Burnie · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Much lower typical household incomes than most similar areas define Burnie. While personal earnings are around the middle for its level, the typical household earns just $1,064 a week, which is far below the national figure.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Burnie — lower than 83% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical household weekly income is $1,064, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of $1,358. Family incomes are slightly lower than the state's $1,720, though personal weekly earnings of $710 are about the same as the state average.
$710 ▲ +33.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,064 ▲ +28.8%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,687 ▲ +41.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are more common here than in most similar areas, with 10.3% of people earning $2,000 or more a week. However, households earning $3,000 or more a week make up only 11.4%, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.6%.
10.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
11.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Burnie splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (34%) and Under $650 (30%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 25%.
In Burnie, the largest group is Under $650 at 46%, followed by $650–$1,499 (34%) and $1,500–$2,999 (15%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Burnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60084/burnie/topic/income