$672 ▲ +49.7%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: $449
- 2016: $548
- 2021: $672
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Tweed · State Electorate
Income in Tweed
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly earnings are much lower than most areas for residents of Tweed, where the typical household brings in $1,317. While these figures have climbed since 2011, they remain well below both the state and national figures. This suggests a community where a large proportion of people live on a tighter budget than the rest of the country.
$1,317
▲ +53.9%
- $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 Tweed — lower than 86% of areas.
| Tweed | $1,317 |
|---|---|
| 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 in Tweed is $1,707, which is well below the New South Wales figure of $2,185. Personal earnings also trail behind, with the usual person earning $672 a week, though this has risen by $223 since 2011.
$1,317 ▲ +53.9%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: $856
- 2016: $1,082
- 2021: $1,317
Median total household income per week.
$1,707 ▲ +59.5%
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: $1,070
- 2016: $1,355
- 2021: $1,707
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, as only 14.5% of households earn $3,000 or more a week, far below the 25.2% seen across New South Wales. This gap is reflected in personal earnings, where only 7.5% of people earn $2,000 or more weekly.
7.5%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
14.5%
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →In Tweed, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 34%, followed by $1,500–$2,999 (28%) and Under $650 (22%).
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Tweed, the largest group is Under $650 at 49%, followed by $650–$1,499 (34%) and $1,500–$2,999 (14%).
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 Tweed [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10084/tweed/topic/income