AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

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Top Average Wage and Salary Income Regions, 2008-09
Average Wage and Salary Incomes in the Australian Capital Territory, 2008-09
Number of Wage and Salary Earners by Income Range, 2003-04 to 2008-09



TOP AVERAGE WAGE AND SALARY INCOME REGIONS, 2008-09


This article focuses on the five SLAs in the Australian Capital Territory with the highest average Wage and salary incomes in 2008-09.

		Average Annual Wage and Salary Income						Average Annual Growth Rate
		2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Top 5 SLAs (a)		$	$	$	$	$	$	%
Canberra SD	Kingston	52,886	56,496	58,380	60,172	63,713	67,960	5.1
	Narrabundah	52,903	56,487	58,367	60,165	63,724	67,942	5.1
	Griffith	54,612	58,907	59,189	61,048	62,715	66,472	4.0
	Forrest	54,816	59,208	59,302	61,208	62,607	66,275	3.9
	Red Hill	54,802	59,187	59,309	61,154	62,559	66,253	3.9
Canberra SD		42,841	45,932	47,071	49,122	51,393	54,756	5.0
Balance of ACT (b)		40,061	43,031	44,503	46,868	48,848	51,918	5.3
ACT		42,834	45,922	47,061	49,116	51,387	54,747	5.0

(a) Top 5 SLAs exclude regions with less than 100 Wage and salary earners

(b) Excludes SLA 'ACT Unknown'

Kingston ($67,960) and Narrabundah ($67,942) each recorded average annual growth rates in average Wages and salaries of 5.1% between 2003-04 and 2008-09. Griffth, Forrest and Red Hill round out the ACT's top five Wage and salary SLAs in 2008-09.



AVERAGE WAGE AND SALARY INCOMES IN THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY, 2008-09

The following map shows geographical variations in average Wage and salary incomes within the ACT in 2008-09.





NUMBER OF WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY INCOME RANGE, 2003-04 TO 2008-09

The following animated graph shows the number of Wage and salary earners (male and female) by income range in each financial year, 2003-04 to 2008-09 (click on the play button to move through the years) . To find data for other states or territories, or for Australia, use the 'Switch Dataset' box to make your selection.