$465 ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: $580
- 2016: $466
- 2021: $465
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
Rupanyup · Urban Centre
What people and households earn each week, and how incomes are spread.
Weekly incomes have dropped sharply in Rupanyup since 2011, with typical family earnings falling by $1,143. This has left the town with some of the lowest incomes in the region. Currently, the typical household earns just $833 a week, which is far below the national figure.
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Rupanyup — lower than 92% of areas.
Median personal, family and household incomes.
The typical person in Rupanyup earns $465 a week, which is much lower than most areas and far below the $805 national figure. These low levels are seen across the board, as typical family incomes are far below the Victorian average.
$465 ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
Median total personal income per week for people aged 15+.
$833 ▼ -61.0%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
Median total household income per week.
$991 ▼ -53.6%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
Median total family income per week.
High earners and the full distribution.
High earners are rare here, with only 4.8% of people making $2,000 or more a week, a figure that is well below the national average. More than half of all residents earn under $650 weekly, and the share of households earning $3,000 or more has fallen by 8.5 percentage points since 2011.
4.8%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ with a personal income of $2,000 or more per week.
12.3%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
Share of households with a total income of $3,000 or more per week.
In Rupanyup, the largest group is $650–$1,499 at 41%, followed by Under $650 (33%) and $1,500–$2,999 (12%).
In Rupanyup, Under $650 is the majority at 63%; $650–$1,499 is next at 28%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Income in Rupanyup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222080/rupanyup/topic/income