The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released what it calls a study of “estimates of personal income for small areas.” For ease however we will call it our shameless guide to class warfare and rich people’s suburbs.
According to the study - conducted between 2003-04 and 2007-08 - the North Sydney waterside suburb of Mosman has the highest average income in the country at $131,606. If a suburb with an average income like that isn’t reference point enough, the national average is $44,402.
Second are the battlers of Woollahra in East Sydney on $116,376. One begins to feel a bit dirty heading over to Hunters Hill on a mere $95,027, and then if you would actually want to be seen there you can get into North Sydney on $83,997 and Ku-ring-gai at $82,195.
At this point you may as well belittle yourself and move to Melbourne, where you can squeeze into Stonnington-Prahran $82,910, followed by Bayside-Brighton $80,948.
If you want to go to – sorry, this is going to get kinda gross – Adelaide then you can squat in Walkerville on an income of $67,690. The final indictment on Adelaide is in fact that a mining town a way out of Adelaide is the second biggest earner for the state – some place called Roxby Downs on $66,400.
The ACT actually tops the list with the overall highest income for a state or territory at $52,330, which gives people a further reason to dislike the smug capital because most of those wages are paid to public servants by the taxpayer.
But nothing speaks to the politics of envy like freakin big houses. So with the help of Google maps and Street View we give you The Punch’s Guide to Big Houses in the Richest Suburbs in Australia.
(Some of the pictures may take a while to load, so be patient or you’ll have to go and live in Adelaide)
Mosman, New South Wales ($131,606)
Woollahra, New South Wales ($116,376)
Prahran, Victoria ($82,910)
Brighton, Victoria ($80,948)
Ascot, Queensland ($84,766)
Hamilton, Queensland ($84,759)
Walkerville, South Australia ($67,690)
Roxby Downs, South Australia ($66,400)
Cottesloe, Western Australia ($98,219)
Peppermint Grove, Western Australia ($100,075)
Hobart, Tasmania ($47,389)
Alyangula, Northern Territory ($61,327)
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory ($59,017)
Forrest, ACT ($78,373)
Red Hill, ACT ($78,359)
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