$462 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $442
- 2021: $462
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Pontypool · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
More than half of all residents earn under $650 a week, making Pontypool an area where incomes are far below the state and national figures. The typical household earns just $833 weekly, which is among the lowest for similar areas.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Pontypool — lower than 93% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Weekly pay is very low here, with the typical person earning $462. This is well below the Tasmanian figure of $701 and far below the national typical income of $805.
$462 —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$833 —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$949 —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
The income spread is heavily weighted toward the bottom, as 55.6% of people earn under $650 a week. No one in the area earns $2,000 or more weekly, which is far below the Australian average of 12.5%.
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 Pontypool, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 42%, followed by $1,500–$2,999 (37%) and Under $650 (21%).
In Pontypool, Under $650 is the majority at 71%; $650–$1,499 is next at 29%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Pontypool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60512/pontypool/topic/income