$430 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $425
- 2021: $430
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Upper Esk · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
About 84% of people in Upper Esk earn under $650 a week, making it a low-income area. Typical weekly earnings for families and individuals are far below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Upper Esk — lower than 92% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical family earns $849 a week, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of $1,720. Personal weekly incomes are also among the lowest in the region at $430.
$430 —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$850 —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$849 —
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Income is tightly clustered at the lower end, with no one in the area earning $2,000 or more per week. This is far below the national figure 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 Upper Esk, $650–$1,499 is the majority at 100%.
In Upper Esk, Under $650 is the majority at 68%; $650–$1,499 is next at 19%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Upper Esk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60707/upper-esk/topic/income