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Statistical Local Areas With Highest Average Wage and Salary Income
Wage and Salary Earners By Occupation
Wage and Salary Earners By Wage and Salary Income
Wage and Salary Earners By Sex
Wage and Salary Earners By Age
Total Income of Wage and Salary Earners


STATISTICAL LOCAL AREAS WITH HIGHEST AVERAGE WAGE AND SALARY INCOME


In 2003-04, wage and salary earners residing in the Statistical Local Areas (SLAs) of Broadsound (S), Belyando (S) and Peak Downs (S), known for their mining and agricultural production, had the highest average wage and salary incomes in Queensland. Wage and salary earners in the inner metropolitan SLAs of Ascot and Hamilton had the fourth and fifth highest average wage and salary incomes respectively.

Australia wide, Broadsound had the 17th highest average wage and salary income, with Belyando ranked 27th and Peak Downs 35th. The highest metropolitan Queensland wage and salary income SLAs, Ascot and Hamilton, ranked 40th and 41st respectively.


This article focuses on the five SLAs in Queensland with the highest average wage and salary incomes in 2003-04. To view images of these SLAs via Google Maps Australia please click on the following links: Broadsound (S), Belyando (S), Peak Downs (S), Ascot and Hamilton.

			Wage and salary earners	Wage and salary income	Average wage and salary income
SLA Name			No.	$	$
Broadsound (S)			2,804	160,980,544	57,411
Belyando (S)			4,711	262,831,442	55,791
Peak Downs (S)			1,377	74,287,788	53,949
Ascot			2,115	112,475,342	53,180
Hamilton			1,880	99,942,678	53,161
Queensland			1,510,930	54,268,004,720	35,917

Source: ATO Income Tax Data



WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION


In 2003-04, Broadsound (S) and Belyando (S) had the highest proportion of wage and salary earners working as Intermediate production and transport workers in Australia, accounting for 31% of wage and salary earners in these SLAs. The occupation of Intermediate production and transport workers includes persons working in occupations such as fork-lift drivers, engineer and boiler operators, truck drivers, miners and storepersons. Peak Downs (S) also had a high proportion of wage and salary earners working as Intermediate production and transport workers at 25%.

In contrast, in the metropolitan SLAs of Ascot and Hamilton, the main occupations of employment for wage and salary earners were Professionals, Intermediate clerical, sales and service workers and Managers and administrators, accounting for over half of the wage and salary earners in these SLAs.

	Manag- ers and admini- strators	Profess- ionals	Associ- ate prof- ession- als	Trades- persons and related workers	Advanc- ed clerical and service workers	Interme- diate clerical, sales and service workers	Interme- diate product- ion and transport workers	Element- ary clerical, sales and service workers	Labour- ers and related workers	Not stated
SLA Name	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Broadsound (S)	3.6	11.1	5.0	15.6	1.0	9.9	31.1	6.3	11.8	4.6
Belyando (S)	3.9	10.5	4.5	13.9	0.9	11.1	31.0	7.8	11.4	4.9
Peak Downs (S)	4.2	11.8	4.1	17.7	1.8	12.4	24.7	5.1	12.4	5.6
Ascot	13.7	23.0	8.2	5.1	4.4	18.5	3.7	7.3	4.9	11.2
Hamilton	13.7	23.0	8.2	5.1	4.5	18.4	3.7	7.3	4.9	11.2
Queensland	8.2	15.9	6.8	10.9	2.4	18.3	7.0	10.3	10.7	9.5

Source: ATO Income Tax Data.



WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY WAGE AND SALARY INCOME


In 2003-04 in Broadsound (S), Belyando (S) and Peak Downs (S), over 30% of wage and salary earners had an income from wages and salaries of $78,000 or more. This was more than double the proportion of wage and salary earners in this income range in Ascot and Hamilton. Also characteristic of these SLAs was a lower than average proportion of wage and salary earners in all income ranges less than $52,000. This distribution is likely to be influenced by higher incomes being offered to wage and salary earners working in relatively remote locations.

In the metropolitan SLAs of Ascot and Hamilton, there was a more relatively even distribution of wage and salary earners throughout the income ranges. In 2003-04, 14% of the wage and salary earners in Ascot and Hamilton had a wage and salary income of $78,000 or more, almost three times the Queensland average of 5%. In Ascot and Hamilton there were also above average proportions of wage and salary earners in the higher income range of $52,000 to less than $78,000, with below average proportions in all income ranges below $41,600.

	$1 to less than $10,400	$10,400 to less than $20,800	$20,800 to less than $31,200	$31,200 to less than $41,600	$41,600 to less than $52,000	$52,000 to less than $78,000	$78,000 or more
SLA Name	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Broadsound (S)	12.4	10.2	11.4	8.6	6.2	14.5	36.7
Belyando (S)	12.1	12.3	12.0	9.7	7.2	13.8	33.0
Peak Downs (S)	12.3	13.6	11.8	10.6	8.3	13.1	30.3
Ascot	9.7	12.3	15.5	16.7	13.8	17.6	14.4
Hamilton	9.7	12.4	15.5	16.7	13.8	17.6	14.4
Queensland	12.9	15.9	19.2	19.1	13.5	14.5	4.9

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Source: ATO Income Tax Data.



WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX


In the non-metropolitan SLAs of Broadsound (S), Belyando (S) and Peak Downs (S), there were more male wage and salary earners than female wage and salary earners, with over 60% of wage and salary earners in these SLAs male. This higher proportion of males was likely to be influenced by the work opportunities available in these SLAs combined with the remoteness of these regions. Of these SLAs, Broadsound (S) had the highest proportion of male wage and salary earners at 66%.

While in Ascot and Hamilton there were also more male than female wage and salary earners, the difference was not as large with around 52% of the wage and salary earners in these metropolitan SLAs male and around 48% female.




WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE


The SLAs of Broadsound (S), Belyando (S), and Peak Downs (S) had generally higher than average proportions of wage and salary earners in the mid range age groups of 25 to 34 years and 35 to 44 years, combined with lower than average proportions of wage and salary earners aged 15 to 24 years and 55 years and over. Of these SLAs, Peak Downs (S) had the lowest proportion of wage and salary earners aged 55 years and over at 7%, followed by Belyando (S) at 8% and Broadsound (S) at 10%, compared to the state average of 11%.

In contrast, in the metropolitan SLAs of Ascot and Hamilton, there were higher than average proportions of wage and salary earners aged 55 years and over at 14%. In these SLAs there were also above average proportions of wage and salary earners in the 25 to 34 years age group, both at 27%, compared to 24% across Queensland. In all other age groups Ascot and Hamilton had proportions of wage and salary earners that were below the state average.

	15-24 years	25-34 years	35-44 years	45-54 years	55 years and over
SLA Name	%	%	%	%	%
Broadsound (S)	16.7	24.8	25.6	22.7	10.3
Belyando (S)	19.5	25.3	26.3	20.7	8.2
Peak Downs (S)	19.4	28.6	26.7	18.5	6.7
Ascot	19.0	27.4	21.5	18.5	13.6
Hamilton	19.0	27.4	21.6	18.6	13.5
Queensland	20.7	24.3	23.6	20.6	10.9

Source: ATO Income Tax Data.



TOTAL INCOME OF WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS


The total income of wage and salary earners relates to their wage and salary income in addition to any income or loss from sources such as investments, superannuation and annuities, own unincorporated businesses and government cash benefits.

In the three non-metropolitan SLAs of Broadsound (S), Belyando (S) and Peak Downs (S), the difference between total income and income from wages and salaries was below the Queensland average of $1,970 ranging from $217 in Peak Downs (S) to $1,007 in Belyando (S). In contrast, in the metropolitan SLAs of Ascot and Hamilton, the difference between average total income and average wage and salary income was around $4,590, more than double the Queensland average.

			Average wage and salary income	Average total income	Average total income less Average wage and salary income
SLA Name			$	$	$
Broadsound (S)			57,411	58,231	820
Belyando (S)			55,791	56,798	1,007
Peak Downs (S)			53,949	54,166	217
Ascot			53,180	57,774	4,594
Hamilton			53,161	57,753	4,592
Queensland			35,917	37,887	1,970

Source: ATO Income Tax Data



To access wage and salary data for all SLAs in Australia click on the following link to Regional Wage and Salary Earner Statistics, Australia - Data Cubes, 2003-04 (cat. no. 5673.0.55.003).