VICTORIA


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Top Average Wage and Salary Income Regions, 2008-09
Average Wage and Salary Incomes in the Melbourne 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 Melbourne Statistical Division (SD) and Victoria - 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)		$	$	$	$	$	$	%
Melbourne SD	Bayside (C) - Brighton	58,526	62,022	63,948	66,283	67,529	71,028	3.9
	Port Phillip (C) - West	55,578	58,945	61,327	63,445	66,850	70,030	4.7
	Boroondara (C) - Kew	50,911	54,800	56,938	59,474	60,599	64,386	4.8
	Stonnington (C) - Malvern	52,791	55,056	56,917	59,188	60,592	63,848	3.9
	Stonnington (C) - Prahran	53,089	55,468	56,955	60,141	61,030	63,713	3.7
Melbourne SD		38,762	40,368	41,840	43,302	44,837	47,351	4.1
Balance of Vic	Macedon Ranges (S) Bal	40,402	42,459	43,773	45,386	47,064	50,610	4.6
	Latrobe (C) - Traralgon	37,825	39,157	41,181	43,026	45,905	48,044	4.9
	Newtown	39,071	40,661	42,254	43,538	44,010	46,740	3.6
	Macedon Ranges (S) - Romsey	37,497	39,075	40,900	42,050	42,897	46,038	4.2
	Greater Geelong (C) - Pt C	37,451	38,894	40,106	41,666	43,129	45,631	4.0
Balance of Vic (b)		31,412	32,720	34,041	35,188	36,478	38,830	4.3
Victoria		36,882	38,421	39,861	41,260	42,782	45,246	4.2

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

(b) Excludes SLA 'Vic Unknown'

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 the Melbourne SD, the SLA with the highest average Wage and salary income was the Macedon Ranges (S) – Balance with $50,610. This region offers a semi-rural lifestyle within commuting distance of Melbourne.

The SLA of 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 Latrobe (C) - Traralgon is located in the State's Latrobe Valley, home of most of Victoria's power generation facilities and a paper mill.



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

The following map shows geographical variations in average Wage and salary incomes within the Melbourne 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.