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STATES AND TERRITORIES

There are considerable differences in the average levels of household income between the states and territories. The effect of adding net imputed rent to income increases incomes, on average, by 6%, with the biggest increase in the Australian Capital Territory at 7% and the smallest increase in Western Australia at 4%. However, much of the variation in income levels between states and territories is preserved after net imputed rent is added to income. That is, the relative income rankings remain the same and the ratio of the lowest to highest mean incomes for states and territories remains at 0.69.

Table 6.6 presents the mean incomes, with and without net imputed rent, for each of the states and territories as well as their capital cities and the balance of state.

6.6 Mean equivalised houshold income, with and without imputed rent, by states and territories, 2005-06
	Mean equivalised disposable household income (per week)			Adjusted mean equivalised disposable household income, incl. imputed rent (per week)
	Capital city	Balance of state	All households	Capital city	Balance of state	All households
	$	$	$	$	$	$
NSW	712	568	660	756	606	702
Vic	658	577	635	701	608	675
Qld	673	597	632	715	630	669
SA	617	568	605	651	594	636
WA	663	643	658	691	667	686
Tas	597	510	546	635	538	578
NT(a)	730	np	724	771	np	766
ACT(b)	786	. .	786	844	. .	844
Aust.	678	582	644	719	615	682
. . not applicable
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
(a) Households in collection districts defined as very remote were excluded, accounting for about 24% of the population in the NT. NT estimates for balance of state are not shown separately since estimates for the NT other than Darwin are not considered reliable.
(b) The balance of state is not available for the ACT. Estimates for the ACT are the same as those for Canberra.