1376.0 - Local Government and ABS, Mar 2010
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Estimates of Personal Income for Small Areas, Time Series, 2003-04 to 2006-07 (cat.no. 6524.0.55.002) was released on 17 December 2009 and contains estimates of the sources of personal income, including Wages and salaries, Own unincorporated business, Investments, Superannuation and annuities and Other income. The data includes the number of persons, total income and average income from each of those sources. While total income grew this period at an average annual growth rate of 8.2%, there was variation between the sources of income and between regions. For example, the growth rate of income from Own unincorporated business was positive in all capital cities, but negative in the balance of four states (NSW, Vic, SA Tas). Files containing data for Local Government Areas can be found in the Downloads tab of this release. Wage and Salary Earner Statistics for Small Areas, Time Series, 2003-04 to 2006-07 (cat. no. 5673.0.55.003) was released on 12 March 2010 and contains more detailed data relating to Wage and salary earners. Files containing cross-classifications by age, sex, occupation and income for Local Government Areas can be found in the Downloads tab of this release. In Australia, average income from Wages and salaries grew at an average annual growth rate of 4.5% in this period, reaching $42 081 in 2006-07. Tables 1 and 2 below show an example of the Local Government Area data available. Table 1 contains the highest average Wage and salary income Local Government Areas in capital cities in 2006-07. Nine of the top ten Local Government Areas were in Sydney. Table 1: Top ten average Wage and salary incomes - Capital Cities 2006-07
All of these Local Government Areas in Table 1 recorded growth rates in average Wage and salary income higher than the average for Australia (4.5%). These ranged from 4.8% in Lane Cove to 9.1 % in Mosman. Table 2 shows highest average Wage and salary income Local Government Areas outside of the capital cities. Ashburton Shire, the highest average Wage and salary income area outside of the capital cities, was twelfth highest in Australia. Table 2: Top ten average Wage and salary incomes - Regional Areas 2006-07
Growth rates in average Wage and salary income for the Local Government Areas in Table 2 ranged from 4.0% in Isaac to 7.5% in Mt Isa. High income does not necessarily mean high growth rates. Similarly, high growth rates do not necessarily mean high incomes. While (as seen in Table 2) some LGAs with high average Wage and salary incomes experienced low average annual growth rates, other regions recorded both low incomes and low growth rates in average Wages and salaries. Table 3 presents a selection of LGAs that fall into four categories of income and growth. LGAs were grouped according to whether their average annual incomes in 2006-07 fell in the top or bottom 20% of LGAs and whether their average annual growth rate in average Wages and salaries was above or below the Australian rate of 4.5%. Table 3: Selected LGAs by Average Annual Wage and Salary Income and Growth Rate
(1) Average annual Wage and Salary Income in 2006-07 in top Quintile (more than $42,550) (2) Average annual Wage and Salary Income in 2006-07 in bottom Quintile (less than $30,995) (3) Average annual growth rate in average Wage and Salary income more than 4.5% (4) Average annual growth rate in average Wage and Salary income less than 4.5% Further details are available in Estimates of Personal Income for Small Areas, Time Series, 2003-04 to 2006-07 (cat. no. 6524.0.55.002) and Wage and Salary Earner Statistics for Small Areas 2006-07 (cat. no. 5673.0.55.003) Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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