$634 —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: $425
- 2021: $634
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Upper Scamander · Suburb / Locality
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly earnings in Upper Scamander have remained low, with typical family incomes now sitting well below the national figure. The area is defined by a lack of high earners, as no households or individuals earn the top brackets of income seen elsewhere in the state.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Upper Scamander — lower than 67% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical family earns $1,406 a week, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Tasmanian figure of $1,720. Typical personal weekly income is $634, falling well below the Australian average of $805.
$634 —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,312 —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,406 —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
No one in Upper Scamander earns $2,000 or more per week, a result far below the 12.5% national figure. Half of all households earn between $650 and $1,499 weekly, and no homes earn $3,000 or more.
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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Upper Scamander, $650–$1,499 is the majority at 62%; $1,500–$2,999 is next at 38%.
In Upper Scamander, Under $650 is the majority at 57%; $650–$1,499 is next at 43%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Upper Scamander [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60709/upper-scamander/topic/income