$756 ▲ +33.8%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: $565
- 2016: $603
- 2021: $756
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Port Adelaide · State Electorate
Income in Port Adelaide
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Lower typical earnings than most similar areas define Port Adelaide, where the usual family weekly income is $1,952. While these figures sit below many other places, they remain about the same as the state and national figures.
$1,442
▲ +25.8%
- $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 Port Adelaide — lower than 74% of areas.
| Port Adelaide | $1,442 |
|---|---|
| Greater Adelaide | $1,548 |
| South Australia | $1,455 |
| Australia | $1,746 |
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly family incomes are $1,952 and household incomes are $1,442, both of which are lower than most areas. These figures have climbed since 2011, with typical household pay rising by $296 over the decade.
$1,442 ▲ +25.8%
Lower than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: $1,146
- 2016: $1,258
- 2021: $1,442
Median total household income per week.
$1,952 ▲ +41.2%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: $1,382
- 2016: $1,487
- 2021: $1,952
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are less common here than in most areas, with only 15.7% of households earning $3,000 or more a week. This is well below the national figure of 22.6%, though the share of high-earning households has risen by 9.6 percentage points since 2011.
9.2%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
15.7%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Port Adelaide splits fairly evenly between $1,500–$2,999 (31%) and $650–$1,499 (31%), with Under $650 at 21%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Port Adelaide, the largest group is Under $650 at 44%, followed by $650–$1,499 (35%) and $1,500–$2,999 (18%).
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 Port Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40037/port-adelaide/topic/income