NORTHERN TERRITORY

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Top Average Wage and Salary Income Regions, 2008-09
Average Wage and Salary Incomes in the Darwin 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 Darwin Statistical Division (SD) and Northern Territory - 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)		$	$	$	$	$	$	%
Darwin SD	Parap	43,393	46,665	48,707	49,278	51,193	54,235	4.6
	Ludmilla	43,360	46,678	48,656	49,189	51,097	54,151	4.5
	Fannie Bay	43,407	46,692	48,658	49,206	51,098	54,096	4.5
	Winnellie	42,853	46,243	48,341	49,093	50,976	54,093	4.8
	Bayview-Woolner	43,330	46,648	48,591	49,168	51,058	54,073	4.5
Darwin SD		39,437	42,222	43,723	45,014	47,298	50,189	4.9
Balance of NT	Alyangula	56,179	60,620	62,472	62,115	64,600	70,858	4.8
	Nhulunbuy	47,507	50,701	55,879	58,744	59,669	59,721	4.7
	West Arnhem (S) - Jabiru	41,040	46,018	49,638	50,216	53,331	54,304	5.8
	East Arnhem (S)	38,226	39,180	42,698	44,710	45,873	47,291	4.3
	Katherine (T)	36,458	38,149	39,547	40,779	41,985	45,738	4.6
Balance of NT (b)		34,466	35,983	37,618	39,278	41,251	43,986	5.0
Northern Territory		37,665	40,016	41,589	43,027	45,216	48,049	5.0

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

(b) Excludes SLA 'NT Unknown'

The three SLAs with the highest average annual incomes in 2008-09 were all located in remote areas outside the Darwin SD. Alyangula, a harbour on Groote Eylandt, is where ore from the island's manganese mine is exported; Nhulunbuy, on Gove Peninsula, supports an alumina refinery and bauxite mining operation; whilst West Arnhem (S) - Jabiru is an area in which uranium mining is undertaken.

Within the Darwin SD, the top five SLAs recorded very similar average annual Wage and salary incomes in 2008-09.


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

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