The 10 most disadvantaged LGAs in order are: Woorabinda (Queensland), Cherbourg (Qld), Belyuen (NT), West Daly (NT), Yarrabah (Qld), Kowanyama (Qld), Wujal Wujal (Qld), East Arnhem (NT), Doomadgee (Qld) and Central Desert (NT).
Mungallala Methodist Church was built in 1964. It has now closed. In 2016, the Australian Taxation Office listed Mungallala as having the lowest mean taxable income by postcode, making it the poorest town in Australia, which led the ABC to do a documentary on the town for their online "storyhunters" program.
People who are more likely to experience deep and persistent disadvantage include: lone parents; Indigenous Australians; people with a long-term health condition or disability; and people with low educational attainment. Many are public housing tenants and are weakly attached to the labour market.
having transport difficulties. experiencing separation or divorce. one parent families. living in a lone person household.
Groups of persons that experience a higher risk of poverty, social exclusion, discrimination and violence than the general population, including, but not limited to, ethnic minorities, migrants, people with disabilities, isolated elderly people and children.
Where in Australia is the biggest wealth inequality? By far the biggest gap between the median income and the mean income is the Perth local government area of Cottesloe.
Finally, the established working class is the lowest of all social classes in Australia. There isn't all that much difference between this class and the established middle class. Traits of those belonging to the working class include: Lowest income levels.
No suburb in the country features a greater concentration of members of The List – Australia's Richest 250 than Toorak, where Melbourne's wealthiest families have gathered for decades. Think historic looking mansions guarded by large hedges set back from the street to ensure privacy.
The highest number of rich-listers live in the 2088 postcode in Sydney - which includes Mosman and Spit Junction - with 19,707 people earning $188,324, on average. In comparison, there were just 559 people in the 3944 Portsea postcode in Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, earning an average of $229,805 per year.
The highest proportion of Indigenous Australians living in areas in the most disadvantaged quintile (the lowest-ranked 20% of areas) was the Northern Territory (66%), which was 10 times the rate of non-Indigenous Australians (6.7%).
Our 2022 Poverty in Australia Snapshot found that there are 3.3 million people (13.4%) living below the poverty line of 50% of median income, including 761,000 children (16.6%). In dollar figures, the poverty line works out to $489 a week for a single adult and $1,027 a week for a couple with 2 children.
The least advantaged place in Sydney (for the third census running) is Claymore (2559), which is located in the Campbelltown council area and contains a lot of public housing.
Woorabinda, west of Gladstone, was ranked the most disadvantaged LGA in the country, followed by Cherbourg, about an hour west of Gympie in the state's south. Yarrabah, Kowanyama, Wujal Wujal and Doomadgee, all in the state's north, were also ranked in the 10 most disadvantaged areas in Australia.
The worst performing states are Tasmania, with incomes 26% below the national income and wealth average, as well as South Australia which is 19% below the average household income and 20% below the national net wealth.
Australian median house prices by capital city
Well, Adelaide is actually Australia's most affordable capital city for renters ($534), while Sydney is the most expensive ($711), according to the latest CoreLogic rental data.
What are the richest suburbs in Australia? The highest-earning suburbs in Australia are Cottesloe and Peppermint Grove in Western Australia, based on the ATO's latest taxation figures.
From the elite in Australia's most expensive suburb, Vaucluse, New South Wales, to mining and working class labourers of the country's cheapest housing market, Kambalda East in the West Australian Goldfields, the standards of living across the continent are exemplified by our real estate options.
It is a common story across Australia's top-tier neighbourhoods. From Toorak and Canterbury in Melbourne to Darling Point and Point Piper in Sydney, wealthy Chinese rank among the country's most prolific buyers of high-end real estate.
The median salary in Australia in 2023 is 6,650 AUD (USD 4,420) per month. The median salary refers to the middle value of all the salaries considered. In other words, around half of the population in Australia earns less than 6,650 AUD per month, while the other half earns more.
> Five classes can be identified in Australian society. > They are: 'established affluent', 'emergent affluent', 'mobile middle', 'established middle, and 'established working'. >
The Australian middle class has a median household income of AUD$80,000. This statistic is a key indicator of the financial health of the Australian middle class.
Queensland is hugely popular with overseas travellers, attracting particularly large numbers of visitors from China, New Zealand and the UK, However, it is also a favourite destination for Australians travelling interstate.
Tasmania has been ranked by CommSec as having the country's best-performing economy. Queensland and South Australia have come in at equal second, followed by New South Wales.