$468 ▲ +40.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $333
- 2016: $410
- 2021: $468
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Rocherlea · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly incomes in Rocherlea are far below the Tasmanian and national figures. The typical family earns just $976 a week, which is much lower than the $1,720 seen across the state. This highlights a significant gap in earnings compared to most other areas.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Rocherlea — lower than 94% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly household income is $794, and personal income is $468. Both figures are among the lowest for similar areas and sit well below the national averages.
$468 ▲ +40.5%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$794 ▲ +43.8%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$976 ▲ +47.4%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, with only 4% of households making $3,000 or more a week, far below the Australian figure of 22.6%. Most people earn under $650 weekly, representing 59% of the population.
1.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
4.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Rocherlea splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (41%) and Under $650 (40%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 15%.
In Rocherlea, Under $650 is the majority at 66%; $650–$1,499 is next at 29%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Rocherlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60559/rocherlea/topic/income