5673.0.55.001 - Regional Wage and Salary Earner Statistics, Australia, 2003-04
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On this page: 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. MAP 3.1: STATISTICAL LOCAL AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE WAGE AND SALARY INCOME Selected Statistical Local Areas, Queensland, 2003-04 Source: ATO Income Tax Data 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. TABLE 3.1: STATISTICAL LOCAL AREAS WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE WAGE AND SALARY INCOME, Selected Statistical Local Areas, Queensland, 2003-04
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. TABLE 3.2: PROPORTION OF WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION, Selected Statistical Local Areas, Queensland, 2003-04
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. TABLE 3.3: PROPORTION OF WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY WAGE AND SALARY INCOME RANGES, Selected Statistical Local Areas, Queensland, 2003-04
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. GRAPH 3.1: PROPORTION OF WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX, Selected Statistical Local Areas, Queensland, 2003-04 Source: ATO Income Tax Data. 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. TABLE 3.4: PROPORTION OF WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE, Selected Statistical Local Areas, Queensland, 2003-04
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. TABLE 3.5: AVERAGE WAGE AND SALARY INCOME, AVERAGE TOTAL INCOME AND DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AVERAGE TOTAL INCOME AND AVERAGE WAGE AND SALARY INCOME, Selected Statistical Local Areas, Queensland, 2003-04
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). Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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