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Australia’s richest towns

17 Jul 2012
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The latest release of Census data permits comparisons to be made across states, regions and even postal areas (postcodes).

While more data is still to be released, the comparisons that can be made include income, housing status (proportion of renters or those with a mortgage) and the number of unoccupied homes.

Western Australia occupies the first 13 spots of the ranking of Australia’s towns with highest personal incomes. Dampier in Western Australia is the town that has the highest proportion of households earning more than $4,000 a week (22.3 per cent).

The towns with the highest number of vacant homes can be found on the NSW central coast, NSW south coast and on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria.

To read the full report, click here.

17 July 2012

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