$786 ▲ +32.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $595
- 2016: $590
- 2021: $786
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Leith · Suburb / Locality
Income in Leith
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Typical incomes in Leith are higher than most similar areas. Families here generally earn well above the state figure, with the usual weekly family income reaching $2,237. This is a relatively prosperous pocket of the region where a higher proportion of people earn top-tier incomes compared to the rest of Tasmania.
$1,981
▲ +62.6%
- $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 Leith — higher than 74% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical household earns $1,981 a week, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of $1,358. Weekly personal incomes sit around the middle for similar areas at $786, which is about the same as the national figure.
$1,981 ▲ +62.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,218
- 2016: $1,284
- 2021: $1,981
Median total household income per week.
$2,237 ▲ +52.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,468
- 2016: $1,593
- 2021: $2,237
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are common here, with 13.3% of people bringing in $2,000 or more a week—a figure well above the 7.6% seen across Tasmania. Similarly, the 19.8% of households earning over $3,000 weekly is well above the state average.
13.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
19.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Leith splits fairly evenly between $1,500–$2,999 (37%) and $650–$1,499 (36%), with $3,000–$3,999 at 11%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Leith, the largest group is Under $650 at 41%, followed by $650–$1,499 (35%) and $1,500–$2,999 (21%).
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 Leith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60329/leith/topic/income