WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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Top Average Wage and Salary Income Regions, 2008-09
Average Wage and Salary Incomes in the Perth 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 Perth Statistical Division (SD) and Western Australia - 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)		$	$	$	$	$	$	%
Perth SD	Peppermint Grove (S)	53,389	57,327	63,514	66,263	72,637	75,772	7.3
	Cottesloe (T)	53,117	57,052	63,083	65,692	71,793	75,347	7.2
	Nedlands (C)	52,055	54,771	57,258	60,575	62,759	69,632	6.0
	Subiaco (C)	49,813	53,261	56,063	59,699	63,651	68,931	6.7
	Claremont (T)	51,334	53,447	56,844	58,911	61,055	68,421	5.9
Perth SD		36,523	38,712	41,095	43,785	46,804	51,125	7.0
Balance of WA	Roebourne (S)	52,582	53,713	58,352	63,418	70,180	77,692	8.1
	Ashburton (S)	55,873	56,695	62,112	64,920	69,352	76,172	6.4
	East Pilbara (S)	51,221	55,716	58,422	61,555	66,469	73,524	7.5
	Port Hedland (T)	49,231	52,646	54,475	59,967	63,661	69,946	7.3
	Leonora (S)	49,458	50,746	53,179	55,875	61,171	67,413	6.4
Balance of WA (b)		34,553	36,679	38,932	41,428	44,266	48,238	6.9
Western Australia		36,048	38,219	40,575	43,226	46,199	50,438	6.9

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

(b) Excludes SLA 'WA Unknown'

The SLAs with the highest average Wage and salary incomes are now located in the state's far north - Roebourne (S) and Ashburton (S). These areas, together with the SLAs of East Pilbara (S) and Port Hedland (T) are associated with iron ore mining, salt production, oil, natural gas, pastoralism, fishing and tourism.

Within the Perth Statistical Division, the central metropolitan areas adjoining or near the coast and/or Swan River (Peppermint Grove, Cottesloe, Nedlands, Subiaco and Claremont) recorded the highest average Wage and salary incomes.


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

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