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GLOSSARY
Income tax year
Refers to the financial year, i.e. 1 July to 30 June. Note: Wages and salaries for some taxpayers may not relate to a whole year's employment or may relate to more than one job during the year.
Incorporated business
An incorporated enterprise is a company that has a registered business name with the Australian Securities Commission and a legal status that is separate to that of the individuals involved.
Local Government Area (LGA)
These areas are the spatial units which represent the geographical areas of incorporated local government councils and incorporated Community Government Councils (CGCs) where the CGC is of sufficient size and statistical significance. The various types of LGAs are cities (C), areas (A), boroughs (B), rural cities (RC), towns (T), shires (S), district councils (DC) and municipalities (M).
Median wage and salary income
The median is the mid value which divides a population distribution into two, with half of the observations falling below it and half above it. Median wage and salary income has been calculated from data provided in ranges and therefore the distribution within a range has been assumed to be even. Care should be taken when using the data and the median treated as an estimate only. Medians have not been calculated for areas with small numbers of wage and salary earners.
PAYG payment summary - individual non-business
A summary received at the end of the financial year by a wage or salary earner which details amounts earned from the employer during the year and the tax withheld. (Note: Previously called Group Certificate).
Principal source of income
The source from which the most income was received during the financial year.
Statistical Local Area (SLA)
These geographical areas are in most cases identical with, or have been formed from a division of, whole LGAs. In other cases, they represent unincorporated areas. In aggregate, SLAs cover the whole of a state or territory without gaps or overlaps. In some cases legal LGAs overlap Statistical Subdivision boundaries and therefore comprise two or three SLAs (Part A, Part B and, if necessary, Part C).
Wage and salary earners
Persons aged 15 years and over who have submitted a tax return and for whom wage and salary income was the principal or main source of income for the financial year.
Wage and salary income
Includes gross income as shown on the 'PAYG (Pay As You Go) payment summary - individual non-business' as well as allowances, commissions, bonuses, tips, gratuities, consultation fees, honoraria and other payments for services. Allowances and other earnings may include car, travel or transport allowances, allowances for tools, clothing or laundry and dirt, risk, meal or entertainment allowances, etc. The statistics were compiled from questions 1 and 2 on the individual income tax return (2002-03).
Urban Centres
In broad terms, an urban centre represents a population cluster of 1,000 or more people. Urban centres are aggregates of CDs (Collection Districts) and are only defined in Census years.
DATA CLASSIFICATIONS
Age
15 - 24 years
25 - 34 years
35 - 44 years
45 - 54 years
55 years and over
Sex
Males
Females
Wage and Salary Income (Annual)
$1 to less than $10,400
$10,400 to less than $20,800
$20,800 to less than $31,200
$31,200 to less than $41,600
$41,600 to less than $52,000
$52,000 to less than $78,000
$78,000 or more
REMOTENESS STRUCTURE - AUSTRALIAN STANDARD GEOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION
| Remoteness area | Description |  | Examples |
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| Major cities | Geographic distance imposes minimal restriction upon accessibility to the widest range of goods, services and opportunities for social interaction. | | Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong, Melbourne, Geelong, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra. |
| Inner regional | Geographic distance imposes some restriction upon accessibility to the widest range of goods, services and opportunities for social interaction. | | Tamworth, Wagga Wagga (New South Wales), Ballarat, Bendigo (Victoria), Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Gladstone (Queensland), the Adelaide Hills (South Australia), Bunbury (Western Australia), Hobart and Launceston (Tasmania). |
| Outer regional | Geographic distance imposes a moderate restriction upon accessibility to the widest range of goods, services and opportunities for social interaction. | | Broken Hill, Griffith, Gunnedah (New South Wales), Horsham, Swan Hill, Traralgon (Victoria), Roma, Cairns (Queensland), Port Augusta, Mount Gambier (South Australia), Albany (Western Australia), Burnie (Tasmania), and Darwin (Northern Territory). |
| Remote | Geographic distance imposes a high restriction upon accessibility to the widest range of goods, services and opportunities for social interaction. | | Cobar (New South Wales), the northern Wimmera district (Victoria), Charters Towers and Cooktown (Queensland), Port Lincoln (South Australia), the Kalgoorlie gold-fields (Western Australia), parts of the West Coast (Tasmania), Alice Springs, Katherine (Northern Territory). |
| Very remote | Geographic distance imposes the highest restriction upon accessibility to the widest range of goods, services and opportunities for social interaction. | | The far west parts of New South Wales and Queensland, northern South Australia and Western Australia, most of the Northern Territory and Flinders and King Islands in Bass Strait (Tasmania). |
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