Federal electorates with the lowest median income
Fowler (NSW) ranks first for lowest median personal income at $521/week, followed by Blaxland (NSW, $556/week) and Hinkler (QLD, $576/week).
All 149 divisions with a value for this measure, ranked lowest first. Measure: Median personal income. Census measures use the 2021 Census on 2021 boundaries; Bullwinkel (WA), created in the 2025 redistribution, has no Census figures and is not ranked.
| Rank | Division | State | Member (party) | Median personal income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fowler | NSW | Dai Le (IND) | $521/week |
| 2 | Blaxland | NSW | Jason Clare (ALP) | $556/week |
| 3 | Hinkler | QLD | David Batt (LNP) | $576/week |
| 4 | Lyne | NSW | Alison Penfold (NAT) | $600/week |
| 4 | Wide Bay | QLD | Llew O'Brien (NAT) | $600/week |
| 6 | McMahon | NSW | Chris Bowen (ALP) | $602/week |
| 7 | Calwell | VIC | Basem Abdo (ALP) | $623/week |
| 8 | Watson | NSW | Tony Burke (ALP) | $626/week |
| 9 | Cowper | NSW | Pat Conaghan (NAT) | $629/week |
| 10 | Page | NSW | Kevin Hogan (NAT) | $635/week |
| 10 | Spence | SA | Matt Burnell (ALP) | $635/week |
| 12 | Braddon | TAS | Anne Urquhart (ALP) | $637/week |
| 13 | Grey | SA | Tom Venning (LP) | $643/week |
| 14 | Gippsland | VIC | Darren Chester (NAT) | $644/week |
| 15 | Lyons | TAS | Rebecca White (ALP) | $652/week |
| 16 | Gilmore | NSW | Fiona Phillips (ALP) | $655/week |
| 17 | Mallee | VIC | Anne Webster (NAT) | $662/week |
| 18 | Maranoa | QLD | David Littleproud (NAT) | $663/week |
| 18 | Monash | VIC | Mary Aldred (LP) | $663/week |
| 20 | Werriwa | NSW | Anne Stanley (ALP) | $671/week |
| 21 | Bass | TAS | Jess Teesdale (ALP) | $675/week |
| 22 | Barker | SA | Tony Pasin (LP) | $682/week |
| 23 | Nicholls | VIC | Sam Birrell (NAT) | $684/week |
| 24 | Longman | QLD | Terry Young (LNP) | $689/week |
| 25 | New England | NSW | Barnaby Joyce (ON) | $690/week |
| 26 | Bruce | VIC | Julian Hill (ALP) | $691/week |
| 27 | Canning | WA | Andrew Hastie (LP) | $694/week |
| 27 | Scullin | VIC | Andrew Giles (ALP) | $694/week |
| 29 | Hotham | VIC | Clare O'Neil (ALP) | $695/week |
| 30 | Richmond | NSW | Justine Elliot (ALP) | $699/week |
| 31 | Rankin | QLD | Jim Chalmers (ALP) | $710/week |
| 32 | Fraser | VIC | Daniel Mulino (ALP) | $717/week |
| 32 | Wannon | VIC | Dan Tehan (LP) | $717/week |
| 34 | Dobell | NSW | Emma McBride (ALP) | $718/week |
| 34 | Kennedy | QLD | Bob Katter (KAP) | $718/week |
| 36 | Makin | SA | Tony Zappia (ALP) | $722/week |
| 36 | Paterson | NSW | Meryl Swanson (ALP) | $722/week |
| 38 | Kingston | SA | Amanda Rishworth (ALP) | $723/week |
| 39 | Cowan | WA | Anne Aly (ALP) | $724/week |
| 40 | Lingiari | NT | Marion Scrymgour (ALP) | $726/week |
| 41 | Mayo | SA | Rebekha Sharkie (XEN) | $727/week |
| 42 | Hunter | NSW | Dan Repacholi (ALP) | $730/week |
| 42 | Whitlam | NSW | Carol Berry (ALP) | $730/week |
| 44 | Bendigo | VIC | Lisa Chesters (ALP) | $732/week |
| 45 | Flynn | QLD | Colin Boyce (LNP) | $733/week |
| 46 | Ballarat | VIC | Catherine King (ALP) | $734/week |
| 46 | Chisholm | VIC | Carina Garland (ALP) | $734/week |
| 46 | Riverina | NSW | Michael McCormack (NAT) | $734/week |
| 49 | Indi | VIC | Helen Haines (IND) | $736/week |
| 50 | Gorton | VIC | Alice Jordan-Baird (ALP) | $742/week |
| 51 | Farrer | NSW | David Farley (ON) | $744/week |
| 52 | Flinders | VIC | Zoe McKenzie (LP) | $745/week |
| 52 | Shortland | NSW | Pat Conroy (ALP) | $745/week |
| 54 | Burt | WA | Matt Keogh (ALP) | $747/week |
| 55 | Fisher | QLD | Andrew Wallace (LNP) | $748/week |
| 56 | Chifley | NSW | Ed Husic (ALP) | $749/week |
| 57 | Wright | QLD | Scott Buchholz (LP) | $752/week |
| 58 | Parkes | NSW | Jamie Chaffey (NAT) | $753/week |
| 59 | Calare | NSW | Andrew Gee (IND) | $757/week |
| 60 | Forrest | WA | Ben Small (LP) | $759/week |
| 60 | Groom | QLD | Garth Hamilton (LNP) | $759/week |
| 62 | Robertson | NSW | Gordon Reid (ALP) | $761/week |
| 63 | Corio | VIC | Richard Marles (ALP) | $763/week |
| 63 | Fairfax | QLD | Ted O'Brien (LP) | $763/week |
| 65 | Blair | QLD | Shayne Neumann (ALP) | $764/week |
| 66 | Moncrieff | QLD | Angie Bell (LNP) | $768/week |
| 67 | Menzies | VIC | Gabriel Ng (ALP) | $769/week |
| 68 | Fadden | QLD | Cameron Caldwell (LNP) | $770/week |
| 69 | Forde | QLD | Rowan Holzberger (ALP) | $772/week |
| 69 | O'Connor | WA | Rick Wilson (LP) | $772/week |
| 71 | Franklin | TAS | Julie Collins (ALP) | $775/week |
| 72 | Hindmarsh | SA | Mark Butler (ALP) | $776/week |
| 72 | Leichhardt | QLD | Matt Smith (ALP) | $776/week |
| 74 | Hawke | VIC | Sam Rae (ALP) | $777/week |
| 75 | Petrie | QLD | Emma Comer (ALP) | $778/week |
| 76 | Clark | TAS | Andrew Wilkie (IND) | $780/week |
| 76 | Cunningham | NSW | Alison Byrnes (ALP) | $780/week |
| 78 | Banks | NSW | Zhi Soon (ALP) | $782/week |
| 79 | Bowman | QLD | Henry Pike (LNP) | $786/week |
| 80 | Oxley | QLD | Milton Dick (SPK) | $787/week |
| 81 | Holt | VIC | Cassandra Fernando (ALP) | $788/week |
| 82 | Brand | WA | Madeleine King (ALP) | $792/week |
| 83 | Aston | VIC | Mary Doyle (ALP) | $797/week |
| 84 | McPherson | QLD | Leon Rebello (LNP) | $798/week |
| 85 | Lalor | VIC | Joanne Ryan (ALP) | $801/week |
| 86 | Macarthur | NSW | Mike Freelander (ALP) | $806/week |
| 87 | Casey | VIC | Aaron Violi (LP) | $809/week |
| 88 | Adelaide | SA | Steve Georganas (ALP) | $810/week |
| 89 | Corangamite | VIC | Libby Coker (ALP) | $812/week |
| 90 | Barton | NSW | Ash Ambihaipahar (ALP) | $813/week |
| 90 | Parramatta | NSW | Andrew Charlton (ALP) | $813/week |
| 92 | Dunkley | VIC | Jodie Belyea (ALP) | $819/week |
| 93 | Boothby | SA | Louise Miller-Frost (ALP) | $824/week |
| 94 | Moreton | QLD | Julie-Ann Campbell (ALP) | $825/week |
| 95 | Sturt | SA | Claire Clutterham (ALP) | $826/week |
| 96 | Capricornia | QLD | Michelle Landry (NAT) | $830/week |
| 97 | Deakin | VIC | Matt Gregg (ALP) | $832/week |
| 98 | Macquarie | NSW | Susan Templeman (ALP) | $838/week |
| 99 | Dawson | QLD | Andrew Willcox (LNP) | $841/week |
| 100 | Tangney | WA | Sam Lim (ALP) | $844/week |
| 101 | Herbert | QLD | Phillip Thompson (LNP) | $849/week |
| 102 | La Trobe | VIC | Jason Wood (LP) | $852/week |
| 103 | Hume | NSW | Angus Taylor (LP) | $855/week |
| 104 | Pearce | WA | Tracey Roberts (ALP) | $858/week |
| 105 | Lindsay | NSW | Melissa McIntosh (LP) | $866/week |
| 106 | Hasluck | WA | Tania Lawrence (ALP) | $867/week |
| 106 | Newcastle | NSW | Sharon Claydon (ALP) | $867/week |
| 108 | Eden-Monaro | NSW | Kristy McBain (ALP) | $873/week |
| 109 | McEwen | VIC | Rob Mitchell (ALP) | $881/week |
| 110 | Dickson | QLD | Ali France (ALP) | $887/week |
| 111 | Cooper | VIC | Ged Kearney (ALP) | $888/week |
| 112 | Isaacs | VIC | Mark Dreyfus (ALP) | $891/week |
| 113 | Swan | WA | Zaneta Mascarenhas (ALP) | $897/week |
| 114 | Wills | VIC | Peter Khalil (ALP) | $906/week |
| 115 | Bonner | QLD | Kara Cook (ALP) | $907/week |
| 116 | Moore | WA | Tom French (ALP) | $923/week |
| 117 | Durack | WA | Melissa Price (LP) | $928/week |
| 118 | Jagajaga | VIC | Kate Thwaites (ALP) | $929/week |
| 119 | Greenway | NSW | Michelle Rowland (ALP) | $931/week |
| 119 | Maribyrnong | VIC | Jo Briskey (ALP) | $931/week |
| 121 | Fremantle | WA | Josh Wilson (ALP) | $934/week |
| 122 | Gellibrand | VIC | Tim Watts (ALP) | $936/week |
| 122 | Lilley | QLD | Anika Wells (ALP) | $936/week |
| 124 | Bennelong | NSW | Jerome Laxale (ALP) | $942/week |
| 125 | Reid | NSW | Sally Sitou (ALP) | $958/week |
| 126 | Berowra | NSW | Julian Leeser (LP) | $960/week |
| 127 | Ryan | QLD | Elizabeth Watson-Brown (GRN) | $983/week |
| 128 | Cook | NSW | Simon Kennedy (LP) | $991/week |
| 129 | Hughes | NSW | David Moncrieff (ALP) | $997/week |
| 130 | Perth | WA | Patrick Gorman (ALP) | $1,017/week |
| 131 | Mackellar | NSW | Sophie Scamps (IND) | $1,018/week |
| 132 | Mitchell | NSW | Alex Hawke (LP) | $1,026/week |
| 133 | Kingsford Smith | NSW | Matt Thistlethwaite (ALP) | $1,042/week |
| 134 | Melbourne | VIC | Sarah Witty (ALP) | $1,055/week |
| 135 | Kooyong | VIC | Monique Ryan (IND) | $1,058/week |
| 136 | Bradfield | NSW | Nicolette Boele (IND) | $1,062/week |
| 137 | Goldstein | VIC | Tim Wilson (LP) | $1,068/week |
| 138 | Griffith | QLD | Renee Coffey (ALP) | $1,102/week |
| 139 | Solomon | NT | Luke Gosling (ALP) | $1,110/week |
| 140 | Curtin | WA | Kate Chaney (IND) | $1,115/week |
| 141 | Brisbane | QLD | Madonna Jarrett (ALP) | $1,140/week |
| 142 | Fenner | ACT | Andrew Leigh (ALP) | $1,145/week |
| 143 | Bean | ACT | David Smith (ALP) | $1,183/week |
| 144 | Sydney | NSW | Tanya Plibersek (ALP) | $1,228/week |
| 145 | Macnamara | VIC | Josh Burns (ALP) | $1,241/week |
| 146 | Grayndler | NSW | Anthony Albanese (ALP) | $1,254/week |
| 147 | Canberra | ACT | Alicia Payne (ALP) | $1,289/week |
| 148 | Warringah | NSW | Zali Steggall (IND) | $1,330/week |
| 149 | Wentworth | NSW | Allegra Spender (IND) | $1,517/week |
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