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ATO Taxation Statistics · 2022-23 · free to cite with attribution
Average taxable income for 2,624 Australian postcodes, from real lodged tax returns — not a model or a survey. National and state summaries, the highest and lowest-earning postcodes, and a lookup for any postcode.
$69,538
mean postcode average taxable income · 2022-23
$64,825
median of postcode averages (not a household or individual median)
2027
highest average · $279,712
4494
lowest average · $4,047
Enter any 4-digit Australian postcode to see its average taxable income and how it compares nationally.
Australian Capital Territory has the highest median of postcode averages ($84,955), Tasmania the lowest ($57,977). “Overseas” lodgers (a foreign postal address, not a real postcode) are excluded from every state and ranking here.
| State/territory | Median of postcode averages | Mean of postcode averages | Highest postcode | Postcodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | $84,955 | $88,919 | 2603 · $142,502 | 25 |
| Northern Territory | $75,404 | $77,970 | 0804 · $241,088 | 44 |
| Western Australia | $73,823 | $78,108 | 6872 · $219,939 | 350 |
| New South Wales | $65,979 | $73,491 | 2027 · $279,712 | 629 |
| Victoria | $63,008 | $68,004 | 3142 · $241,511 | 698 |
| Queensland | $62,302 | $64,356 | 4496 · $167,592 | 434 |
| South Australia | $61,111 | $63,974 | 5001 · $149,535 | 331 |
| Tasmania | $57,977 | $59,084 | 7005 · $86,944 | 113 |
Top 15 nationally by average taxable income, among reportable postcodes.
| # | Postcode | State | Average | Lodgers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2027 | New South Wales | $279,712 | 5,841 |
| 2 | 2028 | New South Wales | $255,901 | 3,487 |
| 3 | 2025 | New South Wales | $242,267 | 5,258 |
| 4 | 3142 | Victoria | $241,511 | 9,857 |
| 5 | 0804 | Northern Territory | $241,088 | 66 |
| 6 | 2030 | New South Wales | $236,750 | 9,905 |
| 7 | 2108 | New South Wales | $223,344 | 1,304 |
| 8 | 3944 | Victoria | $222,254 | 641 |
| 9 | 6872 | Western Australia | $219,939 | 170 |
| 10 | 2023 | New South Wales | $216,363 | 7,634 |
| 11 | 6011 | Western Australia | $213,621 | 6,919 |
| 12 | 2110 | New South Wales | $208,902 | 6,277 |
| 13 | 2063 | New South Wales | $206,608 | 4,434 |
| 14 | 2088 | New South Wales | $197,406 | 20,092 |
| 15 | 6012 | Western Australia | $189,700 | 6,320 |
Bottom 15 nationally by average taxable income, among reportable postcodes. Read these with care: taxable income is what is left after deductions, so a low average here often reflects large deductions rather than low earnings. Many are small rural postcodes where farm and business losses are offset against other income. Postcode 4494 averages $4,047 in taxable income, for example, but $17,688 in total income. A low figure in this table is not a measure of hardship.
| # | Postcode | State | Average | Lodgers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4494 | Queensland | $4,047 | 99 |
| 2 | 2387 | New South Wales | $15,174 | 149 |
| 3 | 4498 | Queensland | $15,449 | 117 |
| 4 | 4423 | Queensland | $18,615 | 134 |
| 5 | 4426 | Queensland | $20,324 | 68 |
| 6 | 2308 | New South Wales | $22,515 | 231 |
| 7 | 5308 | South Australia | $27,116 | 72 |
| 8 | 3482 | Victoria | $27,987 | 101 |
| 9 | 2052 | New South Wales | $29,974 | 175 |
| 10 | 5309 | South Australia | $30,178 | 51 |
| 11 | 4613 | Queensland | $31,244 | 394 |
| 12 | 3889 | Victoria | $31,937 | 80 |
| 13 | 4612 | Queensland | $32,516 | 161 |
| 14 | 2721 | New South Wales | $32,692 | 111 |
| 15 | 7001 | Tasmania | $34,656 | 407 |
Figures are from the Australian Taxation Office’s Taxation Statistics (Table 6B, 2022-23 income year), the most recent year published. Every figure here is an average. Average taxable income and average total income are each postcode’s total dollars declared divided by every lodger in that postcode, matching the ATO’s own published postcode averages; average salary/wages and average net rent divide by lodgers who declared that specific item, since not everyone has one. This page ingests the ATO’s Table 6B (sums and lodger counts, not individual-level distributions), rather than the ATO’s separate postcode median tables, so no individual median is computed here — where this page says “median”, it means the median of postcode averages, a coarser statistic, never an individual or household median. These are also individual tax return figures, not household income. Taxable income is what remains after deductions, so it sits below what people actually earned, and the gap is widest where business or rental losses are offset against other income — which is why a handful of small rural postcodes show very low averages despite ordinary earnings. Average total income is shown alongside it in the postcode lookup for that reason. Postcodes with fewer than 30 lodgers are excluded from rankings as unreliable, and the ATO’s “Overseas” catch-all is excluded entirely as it isn’t a real postcode. Average net rent is often negative because Australian residential landlords report a net rental loss on average — that’s a real feature of the tax data, not an error. Figures are indicative and not financial advice.
You’re welcome to reference these figures with a link (CC BY 2.5 AU, per the ATO’s licence on this dataset). Suggested citation: “Average income by postcode in Australia, Oz Finance Hub, ozfinancehub.com.au/average-income-by-postcode”.
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