The amount you make will vary a lot depending on where you live. Here’s what people typically make in 332 different suburbs, towns and cities in Australia.
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This data comes from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and covers earnings in 2010-2011. We’ve pulled out the total average income figure, which includes wages, business income and investment money. The Australia-wide average is $52,240.
| Location | Income 2010-2011 (all sources) |
|---|---|
| Goulburn – Yass | $46,171 |
| Queanbeyan | $58,776 |
| Snowy Mountains | $43,217 |
| South Coast | $37,460 |
| Gosford | $47,570 |
| Wyong | $43,035 |
| Bathurst | $47,159 |
| Lachlan Valley | $43,196 |
| Lithgow – Mudgee | $47,718 |
| Orange | $49,109 |
| Clarence Valley | $35,046 |
| Coffs Harbour | $38,399 |
| Bourke – Cobar – Coonamble | $47,937 |
| Broken Hill and Far West | $46,014 |
| Dubbo | $43,911 |
| Lower Hunter | $52,654 |
| Maitland | $52,550 |
| Port Stephens | $44,744 |
| Upper Hunter | $54,425 |
| Dapto – Port Kembla | $47,326 |
| Illawarra Catchment Reserve | $49,589 |
| Kiama – Shellharbour | $48,066 |
| Wollongong | $52,158 |
| Great Lakes | $36,353 |
| Kempsey – Nambucca | $34,651 |
| Lord Howe Island | $42,491 |
| Port Macquarie | $39,504 |
| Taree – Gloucester | $37,068 |
| Albury | $46,111 |
| Lower Murray | $38,893 |
| Upper Murray exc. Albury | $39,493 |
| Armidale | $40,537 |
| Inverell – Tenterfield | $33,613 |
| Moree – Narrabri | $46,279 |
| Tamworth – Gunnedah | $42,685 |
| Lake Macquarie – East | $50,346 |
| Lake Macquarie – West | $47,046 |
| Newcastle | $52,798 |
| Richmond Valley – Coastal | $39,226 |
| Richmond Valley – Hinterland | $37,086 |
| Tweed Valley | $39,594 |
| Griffith – Murrumbidgee (West) | $41,554 |
| Tumut – Tumbarumba | $44,529 |
| Wagga Wagga | $46,503 |
| Shoalhaven | $40,193 |
| Southern Highlands | $49,472 |
| Baulkham Hills | $61,994 |
| Dural – Wisemans Ferry | $68,238 |
| Hawkesbury | $48,895 |
| Rouse Hill – McGraths Hill | $56,085 |
| Blacktown | $46,153 |
| Blacktown – North | $54,253 |
| Mount Druitt | $43,558 |
| Botany | $53,171 |
| Marrickville – Sydenham – Petersham | $57,041 |
| Sydney Inner City | $60,814 |
| Eastern Suburbs – North | $105,828 |
| Eastern Suburbs – South | $65,976 |
| Bankstown | $44,512 |
| Canterbury | $42,172 |
| Hurstville | $51,428 |
| Kogarah – Rockdale | $48,595 |
| Canada Bay | $68,127 |
| Leichhardt | $85,919 |
| Strathfield – Burwood – Ashfield | $53,010 |
| Chatswood – Lane Cove | $86,715 |
| Hornsby | $59,160 |
| Ku-ring-gai | $92,146 |
| North Sydney – Mosman | $109,925 |
| Manly | $87,681 |
| Pittwater | $70,748 |
| Warringah | $65,007 |
| Camden | $54,269 |
| Campbelltown (NSW) | $46,184 |
| Wollondilly | $51,055 |
| Blue Mountains | $49,908 |
| Penrith | $50,189 |
| Richmond – Windsor | $48,192 |
| St Marys | $46,464 |
| Auburn | $41,549 |
| Carlingford | $51,466 |
| Merrylands – Guildford | $42,819 |
| Parramatta | $48,780 |
| Pennant Hills – Epping | $63,913 |
| Ryde – Hunters Hill | $63,188 |
| Bringelly – Green Valley | $46,132 |
| Fairfield | $41,954 |
| Liverpool | $47,646 |
| Cronulla – Miranda – Caringbah | $62,056 |
| Sutherland – Menai – Heathcote | $56,774 |
| Ballarat | $44,461 |
| Creswick – Daylesford – Ballan | $42,630 |
| Maryborough – Pyrenees | $36,227 |
| Bendigo | $42,753 |
| Heathcote – Castlemaine – Kyneton | $43,675 |
| Loddon – Elmore | $36,089 |
| Barwon – West | $46,466 |
| Geelong | $47,664 |
| Surf Coast – Bellarine Peninsula | $48,080 |
| Upper Goulburn Valley | $40,642 |
| Wangaratta – Benalla | $39,287 |
| Wodonga – Alpine | $42,084 |
| Baw Baw | $43,773 |
| Gippsland – East | $38,412 |
| Gippsland – South West | $40,686 |
| Latrobe Valley | $49,030 |
| Wellington | $45,354 |
| Brunswick – Coburg | $50,625 |
| Darebin – South | $57,971 |
| Essendon | $61,604 |
| Melbourne City | $64,777 |
| Port Phillip | $76,051 |
| Stonnington – West | $100,011 |
| Yarra | $65,356 |
| Boroondara | $81,418 |
| Manningham – West | $53,106 |
| Whitehorse – West | $53,801 |
| Bayside | $83,879 |
| Glen Eira | $59,953 |
| Kingston | $52,739 |
| Stonnington – East | $87,608 |
| Banyule | $54,998 |
| Darebin – North | $44,285 |
| Nillumbik – Kinglake | $57,340 |
| Whittlesea – Wallan | $44,959 |
| Keilor | $51,589 |
| Macedon Ranges | $53,801 |
| Moreland – North | $45,082 |
| Sunbury | $49,139 |
| Tullamarine – Broadmeadows | $43,375 |
| Knox | $47,917 |
| Manningham – East | $65,638 |
| Maroondah | $48,375 |
| Whitehorse – East | $49,563 |
| Yarra Ranges | $46,234 |
| Cardinia | $46,755 |
| Casey – North | $48,023 |
| Casey – South | $44,953 |
| Dandenong | $39,456 |
| Monash | $48,992 |
| Brimbank | $42,781 |
| Hobsons Bay | $54,104 |
| Maribyrnong | $50,097 |
| Melton – Bacchus Marsh | $46,057 |
| Wyndham | $48,934 |
| Frankston | $44,707 |
| Mornington Peninsula | $48,589 |
| Grampians | $41,984 |
| Mildura | $39,025 |
| Murray River – Swan Hill | $37,904 |
| Campaspe | $38,060 |
| Moira | $36,990 |
| Shepparton | $40,113 |
| Glenelg – Southern Grampians | $43,555 |
| Warrnambool – Otway Ranges | $42,081 |
| Capalaba | $51,322 |
| Cleveland – Stradbroke | $51,169 |
| Wynnum – Manly | $53,801 |
| Bald Hills – Everton Park | $51,855 |
| Chermside | $52,230 |
| Nundah | $51,876 |
| Sandgate | $48,550 |
| Carindale | $59,237 |
| Holland Park – Yeronga | $57,227 |
| Mt Gravatt | $47,170 |
| Nathan | $50,131 |
| Rocklea – Acacia Ridge | $46,829 |
| Sunnybank | $43,558 |
| Centenary | $57,872 |
| Kenmore – Brookfield – Moggill | $72,831 |
| Sherwood – Indooroopilly | $67,730 |
| The Gap – Enoggera | $57,832 |
| Brisbane Inner | $63,601 |
| Brisbane Inner – East | $68,933 |
| Brisbane Inner – North | $70,984 |
| Brisbane Inner – West | $69,555 |
| Cairns – North | $47,273 |
| Cairns – South | $46,666 |
| Innisfail – Cassowary Coast | $39,034 |
| Port Douglas – Daintree | $37,837 |
| Tablelands (East) – Kuranda | $39,154 |
| Darling Downs (West) – Maranoa | $42,091 |
| Darling Downs – East | $39,573 |
| Granite Belt | $34,016 |
| Central Highlands (Qld) | $62,331 |
| Gladstone – Biloela | $57,442 |
| Rockhampton | $50,077 |
| Broadbeach – Burleigh | $45,532 |
| Coolangatta | $44,017 |
| Gold Coast – North | $45,616 |
| Gold Coast Hinterland | $43,202 |
| Mudgeeraba – Tallebudgera | $45,794 |
| Nerang | $43,197 |
| Ormeau – Oxenford | $48,824 |
| Robina | $43,796 |
| Southport | $41,723 |
| Surfers Paradise | $52,242 |
| Forest Lake – Oxley | $46,270 |
| Ipswich Hinterland | $41,052 |
| Ipswich Inner | $44,734 |
| Springfield – Redbank | $46,385 |
| Beaudesert | $42,280 |
| Beenleigh | $42,935 |
| Browns Plains | $43,458 |
| Jimboomba | $44,847 |
| Loganlea – Carbrook | $45,913 |
| Springwood – Kingston | $43,516 |
| Bowen Basin – North | $64,485 |
| Mackay | $59,706 |
| Whitsunday | $44,101 |
| Bribie – Beachmere | $39,312 |
| Caboolture | $40,529 |
| Caboolture Hinterland | $40,321 |
| Narangba – Burpengary | $43,862 |
| Redcliffe | $44,824 |
| Hills District | $54,908 |
| North Lakes | $49,060 |
| Strathpine | $47,427 |
| Far North | $44,435 |
| Outback – North | $57,359 |
| Outback – South | $44,014 |
| Buderim | $46,330 |
| Caloundra | $42,900 |
| Maroochy | $42,787 |
| Nambour – Pomona | $40,538 |
| Noosa | $42,449 |
| Sunshine Coast Hinterland | $39,851 |
| Toowoomba | $44,333 |
| Charters Towers – Ayr – Ingham | $44,621 |
| Townsville | $52,251 |
| Bundaberg | $39,866 |
| Burnett | $35,885 |
| Gympie – Cooloola | $36,140 |
| Hervey Bay | $38,309 |
| Maryborough | $38,480 |
| Adelaide City | $67,212 |
| Adelaide Hills | $52,312 |
| Burnside | $70,163 |
| Campbelltown (SA) | $47,100 |
| Norwood – Payneham – St Peters | $62,825 |
| Prospect – Walkerville | $61,646 |
| Unley | $68,101 |
| Gawler – Two Wells | $45,397 |
| Playford | $40,109 |
| Port Adelaide – East | $42,784 |
| Salisbury | $41,885 |
| Tea Tree Gully | $46,029 |
| Holdfast Bay | $55,034 |
| Marion | $45,548 |
| Mitcham | $56,076 |
| Onkaparinga | $42,820 |
| Charles Sturt | $47,370 |
| Port Adelaide – West | $45,307 |
| West Torrens | $46,547 |
| Barossa | $44,685 |
| Lower North | $44,055 |
| Mid North | $45,410 |
| Yorke Peninsula | $43,359 |
| Eyre Peninsula and South West | $51,382 |
| Outback – North and East | $53,300 |
| Fleurieu – Kangaroo Island | $37,217 |
| Limestone Coast | $43,052 |
| Murray and Mallee | $37,934 |
| Augusta – Margaret River – Busselton | $45,493 |
| Bunbury | $55,181 |
| Manjimup | $42,658 |
| Mandurah | $53,541 |
| Cottesloe – Claremont | $109,249 |
| Perth City | $73,166 |
| Bayswater – Bassendean | $53,511 |
| Mundaring | $55,143 |
| Swan | $53,238 |
| Joondalup | $58,723 |
| Stirling | $59,079 |
| Wanneroo | $52,382 |
| Armadale | $52,063 |
| Belmont – Victoria Park | $55,336 |
| Canning | $53,067 |
| Gosnells | $50,193 |
| Kalamunda | $55,804 |
| Serpentine – Jarrahdale | $56,497 |
| South Perth | $70,618 |
| Cockburn | $56,334 |
| Fremantle | $66,136 |
| Kwinana | $52,063 |
| Melville | $66,721 |
| Rockingham | $55,970 |
| Esperance | $50,325 |
| Gascoyne | $49,637 |
| Goldfields | $64,793 |
| Kimberley | $53,653 |
| Mid West | $53,169 |
| Pilbara | $81,607 |
| Albany | $41,794 |
| Wheat Belt – North | $46,831 |
| Wheat Belt – South | $42,369 |
| Brighton | $42,410 |
| Hobart – North East | $46,486 |
| Hobart – North West | $41,367 |
| Hobart – South and West | $46,559 |
| Hobart Inner | $54,603 |
| Sorell – Dodges Ferry | $41,249 |
| Launceston | $44,613 |
| Meander Valley – West Tamar | $39,362 |
| North East | $40,091 |
| Central Highlands (Tas.) | $38,842 |
| Huon – Bruny Island | $37,993 |
| South East Coast | $35,820 |
| Burnie – Ulverstone | $42,418 |
| Devonport | $40,723 |
| West Coast | $43,857 |
| Darwin City | $60,052 |
| Darwin Suburbs | $55,545 |
| Litchfield | $55,794 |
| Palmerston | $55,226 |
| Alice Springs | $50,313 |
| Barkly | $46,282 |
| Daly – Tiwi – West Arnhem | $52,666 |
| East Arnhem | $68,888 |
| Katherine | $45,633 |
| Belconnen | $56,020 |
| Cotter – Namadgi | $58,724 |
| Fyshwick – Pialligo – Hume | $57,816 |
| Gungahlin | $60,450 |
| North Canberra | $62,295 |
| South Canberra | $85,203 |
| Tuggeranong | $57,925 |
| Weston Creek | $61,480 |
| Woden | $66,967 |
| Christmas Island | $67,965 |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | $46,494 |
| Jervis Bay | $40,344 |
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Comments
15 responses to “Search This List To Find The Average Income Where You Live”
Lucky this list was in some sort of order so I didn’t have to search the entire list…
Is your f3 key broken?
Listing the suburbs by state with headers would help – Mitcham is a suburb in both Victoria and South Australia for example.
So are Richmond and St Kilda
no, my suburb/town isn’t there. not all of us live in sydney/melbourne/etc. the nearest one isn’t far away but it could have been many options.
also for eg. there is some distance from inverell – tenterfield
yeah i think its broken down in local council areas for most places except for the capital cities
exactly what I was going to say, after F3ing 4 suburbs without any luck I too had to scroll through the entire list.
Note that this data is 2 financial years old, so if you’re comparing to your current wage, you’re doing it wrong. According to the ABS data (through the provided link), wage growth rate is at around 5% per year in most regions.
Also note that this data appears to be compiled from tax returns, and so would probably include part-time, casual and other non-full time employment, as well as younger workers not on adult wages yet (and students who fit all the above criteria). These would have a downward pull upon the average wage (edit: if you intend to use this average to compare to your salary).
“Also note that this data appears to be compiled from tax returns, and so would probably include part-time, casual and other non-full time employment, as well as younger workers not on adult wages yet (and students who fit all the above criteria). These would have a downward pull upon the average wage.”
Then, wouldnt it be an accurate reflection of average wages across all demographics?
I expressed myself poorly. I meant to say that it might not be the best data to compare to your full-time salary.
This list would have been more useful if it also included the lowest and highest incomes for each area.
standard deviation numbers would be more useful. highest and lowest amounts would be so ridiculously far from the mean (think most areas would have at least 1 person earning basically 0 and 1 earning millions). standard deviation would be a much better indicator of the approx. spread of incomes in the area
For a skewed distribution (like incomes) standard deviation is an essentially useless measure (standard deviation only applies to the Gaussian, or ‘normal’ distribution). The better way of looking at variation is to plot and inspect a histogram of income distrubution.
Vlookup for Radalaide:
Adelaide City $67,212
Mount Barker #N/A
Walkerville #N/A
Burnside $70,163
Unley $68,101
Norwood – Payneham – St Peters $62,825
Prospect – Walkerville $61,646
Mitcham $56,076
Holdfast Bay $55,034
Adelaide Hills $52,312
Charles Sturt $47,370
Campbelltown (SA) $47,100
West Torrens $46,547
Tea Tree Gully $46,029
Marion $45,548
Gawler – Two Wells $45,397
Port Adelaide – West $45,307
Onkaparinga $42,820
Salisbury $41,885
Playford $40,109
My city despite being the 2nd largest in SA is not on the list.
Median salary is the much more important figure. Average salary includes the mega wealthy with skews the figures. Median figure would probably be about $10000 less in some suburbs, and the poorer suburbs won’t make a big change to the figure
Wow. Broadmeadows residents earn a lot being on the dole!
I live in Hervey Bay but work from home for a company in Pittwater. Got it made 🙂