$820 —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $599
- 2021: $820
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Needles · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
A typical weekly household income of $2,125 makes Needles an area where earnings are much higher than most similar places. This is well above the Tasmania figure of $1,358 and slightly higher than the national average. Most residents earn a comfortable living compared to state norms.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Needles — higher than 80% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Weekly family income is $2,312, which is well above the Tasmania figure of $1,720. Personal earnings are also strong, with the typical person earning $820 a week, slightly above the state average and about the same as the national figure.
$820 —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$2,125 —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$2,312 —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Almost half of residents earn between $650 and $1,499 weekly, while 32.4% earn under $650. While 8.8% of people earn over $2,000 a week—a little above the state figure—this is well below the 12.5% national average.
8.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
Needles splits fairly evenly between $1,500–$2,999 (50%) and $4,000 or more (50%).
In Needles, $650–$1,499 is the majority at 53%; Under $650 is next at 37%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Needles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60447/needles/topic/income