5673.0.55.003 - Wage and Salary Earner Statistics for Small Areas, Time Series, 2003-04 to 2006-07  
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VICTORIA


TOP AVERAGE WAGE AND SALARY INCOME REGIONS, 2006-07

The SLAs with the highest average Wage and salary incomes in Melbourne SD were located in areas around Port Philip Bay (incorporating the suburbs of Brighton, Port Melbourne and Albert Park) and the eastern suburbs of Prahran, Kew and Malvern.

Outside of Melbourne SD, high average Wage and salary incomes were recorded for two SLAs within the Macedon Ranges district, north-east of the capital. This region offers a semi-rural lifestyle close to Melbourne, with many residents commuting to the city for work. Newtown is an inner residential suburb of Geelong, which is the largest provincial centre in Victoria and a manufacturing, transportation and service hub. The SLA of Traralgon is located in the state's Latrobe Valley, east of Melbourne, and is the home of most of the state's power generation facilities and a paper mill.

Top Average Wages and Salaries, Victoria
Average Annual Income
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
Average
Annual
Growth
Rate
Top 5 SLAs(a)
$
$
$
$
%
Melbourne SD
  Bayside (C) - Brighton
58 526
62 022
63 948
66 283
4.2
  Port Phillip (C) - West
55 578
58 945
61 327
63 445
4.5
  Stonnington (C) - Prahran
53 089
55 468
56 955
60 141
4.2
  Boroondara (C) - Kew
50 911
54 800
56 938
59 474
5.3
  Stonnington (C) - Malvern
52 791
55 056
56 917
59 188
3.9
Melbourne SD
38 762
40 368
41 840
43 302
3.8
Balance of Victoria
  Macedon Ranges (S) Bal
40 402
42 459
43 773
45 386
4.0
  Newtown
39 071
40 661
42 254
43 538
3.7
  Latrobe (C) - Traralgon
37 825
39 157
41 181
43 026
4.4
  Macedon Ranges (S) - Romsey
37 497
39 075
40 900
42 050
3.9
  Greater Geelong (C) - Pt C
37 451
38 894
40 106
41 666
3.6
Balance of Vic(b)
31 412
32 720
34 041
35 188
3.9
(a) Top 5 SLAs exclude regions with less than 100 Wage and salary earners
(b) Excludes SLA 'Vic Unknown'


For more information about these regions, refer to the ABS National Regional Profile (NRP). The NRP presents, for all Australia, a range of data for various types of small regions. Data are available for Local Government Areas, Statistical Local Areas and other larger geographies. The NRP is intended for users interested in the characteristics of regions and in comparing regions across Australia. Data are presented as a five year time series, where available.