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Top Average Wage and Salary Income Regions, 2008-09
Average Wage and Salary Incomes in the Sydney Statistical Division, 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 section focuses on the five SLAs in Sydney Statistical Division (SD) and New South Wales - Balance 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)		$	$	$	$	$	$	%
Sydney SD	Mosman (A)	82,001	88,300	93,645	106,397	109,491	105,954	5.3
	Woollahra (A)	66,611	72,418	75,520	85,225	85,462	84,217	4.8
	Hunters Hill (A)	64,293	72,529	78,225	77,798	77,873	79,920	4.4
	Ku-ring-gai (A)	61,943	65,452	67,516	71,371	73,484	78,066	4.7
	North Sydney (A)	62,997	66,534	68,788	72,939	75,055	77,972	4.4
Sydney SD		42,811	44,799	46,425	48,428	50,136	52,325	4.1
Balance of NSW	Singleton (A)	45,226	46,072	48,918	51,804	53,069	58,842	5.4
	Muswellbrook (A)	42,085	43,780	46,174	48,042	49,555	54,309	5.2
	Queanbeyan (C)	40,966	44,040	45,455	48,213	50,599	53,602	5.5
	Cobar (A)	41,264	42,604	44,202	46,343	50,030	53,170	5.2
	Palerang (A) - Pt A	40,711	43,105	45,353	47,337	49,498	52,790	5.3
Balance NSW (b)		33,360	34,774	36,307	37,717	39,114	41,600	4.5
New South Wales		39,648	41,433	43,032	44,850	46,513	48,793	4.2

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

(b) Excludes SLA 'NSW Unknown'

The SLA of Mosman (A), on Sydney's northern shore, had the highest average Wage and salary income in New South Wales - and Australia - in 2008-09 ($105,954). It recorded a 5.3% average annual increase in average Wage and salary income between 2003-04 and 2008-09, although in 2008-09 average Wage and salary income in this SLA actually fell - by around 3% - compared to the previous financial year. Woollahra (in Sydney's east) also recorded a slight fall in average Wage and salary income in 2008-09, but remains the SLA with the city's second highest average Wage and salary income. Hunters Hill (on the lower north shore), Ku-ring-gai (in Sydney's north) and North Sydney round out the top five, recording average Wage and salary incomes greater than $77,000 in 2008-09.

Outside the Sydney Statistical Division, the SLA of Singleton (A) had the highest average Wages and salary income of $58,842 in 2008-09. Singleton, together with the SLA of Muswellbrook (A), are located in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales. Both areas have strong industrial sectors based on coal mining and electricity generation.

The economy of Cobar (A) - in North Western SD - is built around its copper, zinc, lead, silver and gold mining industries.

Queanbeyan and Palerang (Pt A), whilst located in New South Wales, are both within commuting distance of the nation's capital, Canberra.



AVERAGE WAGE AND SALARY INCOMES IN THE SYDNEY STATISTICAL DIVISION, 2008-09

The following map shows geographical variations in average Wage and salary incomes within the Sydney Statistical Division 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.