$629 ▲ +49.8%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: $420
- 2016: $575
- 2021: $629
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Yallourn North · Urban Centre
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Nearly half of all people in Yallourn North earn under $650 a week. While weekly incomes have climbed since 2011, the area remains significantly poorer than the state and national averages.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Yallourn North — lower than 61% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
Typical weekly family income is $1,601, which is well below the Victorian figure of $2,136. Household and personal incomes are also much lower than both the state and national averages, though they have all risen since 2011.
$629 ▲ +49.8%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$1,154 ▲ +60.5%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
Median total household income per week.
$1,601 ▲ +70.5%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
Only 9.1% of households earn $3,000 or more per week, a figure far below the 22.7% seen across Victoria. This low proportion of high earners is consistent with the fact that 46.2% of individuals earn under $650 a week.
5.9%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
9.1%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Yallourn North, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 39%, followed by $1,500–$2,999 (29%) and Under $650 (22%).
In Yallourn North, Under $650 is the majority at 51%; $650–$1,499 is next at 34%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Yallourn North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215095/yallourn-north/topic/income