$631 ▲ +56.6%
Lower than 82% of urban area areas.
- 2011: $403
- 2016: $534
- 2021: $631
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Portland · Urban Area
Income in Portland
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly pay is well below the state and national figures in Portland, where the typical household earns $1,200. While incomes have risen since 2011, the area remains much lower than most similar places across the country.
$1,200
▲ +55.8%
- $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 Portland — lower than 80% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical family earns $1,551 a week, which is well below the Victorian figure of $2,136. Personal weekly income is also much lower than most areas at $631, though this has risen by $228 since 2011.
$1,200 ▲ +55.8%
Lower than 80% of urban area areas.
- 2011: $770
- 2016: $1,050
- 2021: $1,200
Median total household income per week.
$1,551 ▲ +50.3%
Lower than 79% of urban area areas.
- 2011: $1,032
- 2016: $1,345
- 2021: $1,551
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here; only 10.5% of households earn $3,000 or more a week, which is far below the national figure of 22.6%. This is reflected in the personal income spread, where nearly half of all people earn under $650 a week.
7.2%
Lower than 68% of urban area areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
10.5%
Lower than 81% of urban area areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →In Portland, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 36%, followed by $1,500–$2,999 (28%) and Under $650 (25%).
Personal income distribution
View on map →In Portland, Under $650 is the majority at 51%; $650–$1,499 is next at 33%.
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 Portland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2014/portland/topic/income