$445 —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $374
- 2021: $445
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Pelham · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly earnings have remained very low in Pelham, where the typical household now brings in just $474. This is far below the national figure and among the lowest across the country. There are almost no high earners in the area, leaving a stark gap in wealth compared to the rest of Tasmania.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Pelham — lower than 99% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical household earns $474 a week, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of $1,358. Personal and family incomes are also very low, with the typical person earning $445 weekly, well below the national figure of $805.
$445 —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$474 —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,374 —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Income is heavily skewed toward the bottom end, with 80% of people earning under $650 a week. No one in the area earns $2,000 or more weekly, a figure far below the 12.5% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
In Pelham, Under $650 is the majority at 100%.
In Pelham, Under $650 is the majority at 100%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Pelham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60499/pelham/topic/income