$743 ▲ +44.8%
Higher than 53% of urban area areas.
- 2011: $513
- 2016: $590
- 2021: $743
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Ballarat · Urban Area
Income in Ballarat
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly household incomes in Ballarat have climbed by $439 since 2011 to reach $1,427. This puts the city's typical earnings slightly below the national and state figures. While most residents earn a modest amount, there has been a notable rise in the number of high-income households over the last decade.
$1,427
▲ +44.4%
- $1,000–$1,071: 5 areas
- $1,071–$1,143: 9 areas
- $1,143–$1,214: 13 areas
- $1,214–$1,286: 8 areas
- $1,286–$1,357: 14 areas
- $1,357–$1,429: 7 areas
- $1,429–$1,500: 9 areas
- $1,500–$1,571: 7 areas
- $1,571–$1,643: 8 areas
- $1,643–$1,714: 9 areas
- $1,714–$1,786: 4 areas
- $1,786–$1,857: 2 areas
- $1,857–$1,929: 3 areas
- $1,929–$2,000: 1 area
- $2,000–$2,071: 0 areas
- $2,071–$2,143: 2 areas
- $2,143–$2,214: 2 areas
- $2,214–$2,286: 2 areas
- $2,286–$2,357: 3 areas
- $2,357–$2,429: 0 areas
- $2,429–$2,500: 0 areas
- $2,500–$2,571: 0 areas
- $2,571–$2,643: 0 areas
- $2,643–$2,714: 0 areas
- $2,714–$2,786: 0 areas
- $2,786–$2,857: 0 areas
- $2,857–$2,929: 2 areas
- $2,929–$3,000: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Ballarat — higher than 50% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical family in Ballarat earns $1,869 a week, which is a little below the Victorian figure of $2,136. Typical personal weekly income is about the same as the national figure, sitting at $743.
$1,427 ▲ +44.4%
Higher than 50% of urban area areas.
- 2011: $988
- 2016: $1,158
- 2021: $1,427
Median total household income per week.
$1,869 ▲ +46.9%
Higher than 54% of urban area areas.
- 2011: $1,272
- 2016: $1,490
- 2021: $1,869
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are less common here than in the rest of the country, with only 15.7% of households earning $3,000 or more a week. However, this is an improvement over 2011, when only 5.0% of households reached that level.
9.1%
Higher than 55% of urban area areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
15.7%
Higher than 54% of urban area areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Ballarat 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 Ballarat, the largest group is Under $650 at 45%, followed by $650–$1,499 (36%) and $1,500–$2,999 (16%).
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 Ballarat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2003/ballarat/topic/income