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Regional Wage and Salary Earner Statistics

Persons with Main Source of Income from Own Unincorporated Business

Information Paper: Regional Labour Force Statistics



REGIONAL WAGE AND SALARY EARNER STATISTICS

Regional Wage and Salary Earner Statistics, Australia - Data Cubes, 2005-06 (cat. no. 5673.0.55.003) was released on 16 April 2009 and presents selected data on estimates of personal income for people whose main (or principal) source of income was Wages and salaries. The publication includes a Main Features section which explores growth in average Wage and salary income from 2001-02 to 2005-06 and provides commentary for each state and territory at the Statistical Local Area (SLA) level.

Although the Australian Capital Territory had the highest average income from Wages and salaries in each year from 2001-02 to 2005-06, Western Australia recorded the highest average annual growth rate (5.3%) over this five year period. The average annual income from Wages and salaries in Australia in 2005-06 was $42,250 with an annual average growth rate of 4.2% between 2001-02 and 2005-06.

The ten SLAs with the highest average Wage and salary income in 2005-06 were all located within their respective capital city Statistical Divisions. A high proportion of Wage and salary earners in these SLAs were in Manager and Administrator or Professional occupations.

TOP 10 AVERAGE WAGES AND SALARIES FOR STATISTICAL LOCAL AREAS, 2005-06
Wage & Salary Earners
Total Wages & Salaries
Average Wages & Salaries
Statistical Local Area (a) State
no.
$m
$
Mosman (A) NSW
11,005
1102.4
100,177
Hunter's Hill (A) NSW
4,716
390.0
82,699
Woollahra (A) NSW
21,323
1718.0
80,568
Ku-ring-gai (A) NSW
39,438
2864.9
72,643
North Sydney (A) NSW
31,368
2235.5
71,266
Peppermint Grove (S) WA
601
42.5
70,680
Cottesloe (T) WA
2,873
201.6
70,176
Bayside (C) - Brighton Vic
13,330
927.9
69,613
Lane Cove (A) NSW
13,855
932.3
67,293
Leichhardt (A) NSW
25,098
1672.6
66,645
(a) SLAs with 100 or more Wage and salary earners.

In Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory the SLAs with the highest average income from Wages and salaries were predominantly remote urban towns with a large proportion of people employed in the mining industry. These SLAs were Broadsound (S) (Qld - $61,932), Roxby Downs (M) (SA - $57,918) and Groote Eylandt (NT - $61,295).

PERSONS WITH MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME FROM OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS

Released on 18 February 2009, Persons with Main Source of Income from Own Unincorporated Business, Estimates for Small Areas - Data Cubes, 2004-05 to 2005-06 (cat. no. 6225.0.55.001) includes estimates of the number of persons whose main or principal source of income comes from their Own unincorporated business (es) for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 financial years. The data includes estimates of the number of persons by sex, the income those persons received from Own unincorporated business (es) and the total income those persons received from all sources.


INFORMATION PAPER: REGIONAL LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS

The ABS has recently released an information paper, Information Paper: Regional Labour Force Statistics, February 2009 (cat. no. 6262.0), providing details of the changes which became effective in February 2009 to a number of existing Labour Force Survey (LFS) Regions used in the dissemination of labour force statistics. The information paper includes concordances for each state and territory, comparing 2006 Regions with 2001 Regions.

Regional data from the Labour Force Survey are available on a monthly basis, generally within one week of the release of Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0) in Labour Force, Australia, Detailed - Electronic Delivery (6291.0.55.001). Detailed industry and occupation labour force data are also available on a quarterly basis in Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly (cat. no. 6291.0.55.003).