$744 ▲ +16.3%
Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: $640
- 2016: $608
- 2021: $744
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Murray · State Electorate
Income in Murray
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Much lower incomes than most similar areas define Murray, where the typical family earns $1,803 a week. While some individual earnings have climbed since 2011, the area generally sees lower weekly pay than both the state and national figures.
$1,408
▼ -6.4%
- $1,000–$1,071: 6 areas
- $1,071–$1,143: 9 areas
- $1,143–$1,214: 18 areas
- $1,214–$1,286: 18 areas
- $1,286–$1,357: 23 areas
- $1,357–$1,429: 33 areas
- $1,429–$1,500: 32 areas
- $1,500–$1,571: 24 areas
- $1,571–$1,643: 26 areas
- $1,643–$1,714: 23 areas
- $1,714–$1,786: 33 areas
- $1,786–$1,857: 25 areas
- $1,857–$1,929: 19 areas
- $1,929–$2,000: 17 areas
- $2,000–$2,071: 25 areas
- $2,071–$2,143: 30 areas
- $2,143–$2,214: 12 areas
- $2,214–$2,286: 15 areas
- $2,286–$2,357: 10 areas
- $2,357–$2,429: 14 areas
- $2,429–$2,500: 5 areas
- $2,500–$2,571: 6 areas
- $2,571–$2,643: 2 areas
- $2,643–$2,714: 5 areas
- $2,714–$2,786: 0 areas
- $2,786–$2,857: 0 areas
- $2,857–$2,929: 0 areas
- $2,929–$3,000: 6 areas
All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Murray — lower than 78% of areas.
| Murray | $1,408 |
|---|---|
| Rest of NSW | $1,434 |
| New South Wales | $1,829 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly family income is $1,803, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of $2,185. This is mirrored in household earnings, which are well below the state average at $1,408 a week and have fallen $97 since 2011.
$1,408 ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: $1,505
- 2016: $1,154
- 2021: $1,408
Median total household income per week.
$1,803 ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: $1,641
- 2016: $1,425
- 2021: $1,803
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, with only 14.2% of households making $3,000 or more a week, far below the 25.2% seen across New South Wales. Similarly, only 6.8% of people earn $2,000 or more weekly, although this has risen 3.0 percentage points since 2011.
6.8%
Lower than 80% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
14.2%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Murray splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (33%) and $1,500–$2,999 (31%), with Under $650 at 20%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Murray, the largest group is Under $650 at 44%, followed by $650–$1,499 (39%) and $1,500–$2,999 (15%).
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 Murray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10056/murray/topic/income