$537 —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $383
- 2021: $537
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Poatina · Suburb / Locality
Income in Poatina
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly earnings in Poatina have remained very low compared to the rest of the country. The typical household earns just $784 a week, a figure that sits far below both the state and national averages.
$784
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- $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 Poatina — lower than 95% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly family income is $1,286, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of $1,720. Individual earnings are also much lower than most areas, with the typical person earning $537 per week.
$784 —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $525
- 2021: $784
Median total household income per week.
$1,286 —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $820
- 2021: $1,286
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
Very few residents earn high incomes; no households earn $3,000 or more a week, which is far below the national figure of 22.6%. In fact, 60.2% of people earn under $650 a week.
3.2%
Lower than 76% 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.
Household income distribution
View on map →Poatina splits fairly evenly between Under $650 (44%) and $650–$1,499 (42%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 14%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Poatina, Under $650 is the majority at 68%; $650–$1,499 is next at 28%.
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 Poatina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60509/poatina/topic/income