$754 ▲ +47.8%
Higher than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: $510
- 2016: $604
- 2021: $754
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Swan Hill · Urban Area
Income in Swan Hill
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly household incomes in Swan Hill have risen by $421 since 2011. While growth is steady, the typical household now earns $1,390 a week, which is well below the national figure. This reflects a community where most residents earn modest wages, though high-income households have become more common over the last decade.
$1,390
▲ +43.4%
- $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 Swan Hill — lower than 54% of areas.
Typical incomes
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical family income is $1,802 a week, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian figures. Personal weekly incomes are about the same as the state and national averages at $754, and this figure has grown by $244 since 2011.
$1,390 ▲ +43.4%
Lower than 54% of urban area areas.
- 2011: $969
- 2016: $1,098
- 2021: $1,390
Median total household income per week.
$1,802 ▲ +50.3%
Lower than 52% of urban area areas.
- 2011: $1,199
- 2016: $1,407
- 2021: $1,802
Median total family income per week.
Income spread
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are much less common here than in most areas, with only 6.3% of people earning $2,000 or more per week. This is well below the 12.5% national figure, although the share of households earning $3,000 or more weekly rose 7.9 percentage points since 2011 to reach 12.4%.
6.3%
Lower than 78% of urban area areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
12.4%
Lower than 68% of urban area areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
Household income distribution
View on map →Swan Hill splits fairly evenly between $650–$1,499 (33%) and $1,500–$2,999 (33%), with Under $650 at 21%.
Personal income distribution
View on map →Swan Hill splits fairly evenly between Under $650 (43%) and $650–$1,499 (41%), with $1,500–$2,999 at 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 Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2017/swan-hill/topic/income