Want to know where Australia's biggest income earners live?
The latest taxation statistics for 2017-18 which are based on the tax returns of 14.3 million Australians tell us where they are.
Seven of the nation's average highest-earning postcodes are in NSW, while six of the lowest-earning postcodes are in Queensland.
Sydney's eastern suburbs dominated the list of Australia's areas with the highest taxable incomes, topped by Double Bay residents with $242,428.
Ten highest earning postcodes 2017-18
Postcode Suburb Average Taxable Income
NSW 2028
DOUBLE BAY
$242,428
NSW 2027
DARLING POINT, EDGECLIFF, HMAS RUSHCUTTERS, POINT PIPER
$198,828
VIC 3142
HAWKSBURN, TOORAK
$196,816
NSW 2023
BELLEVUE HILL
$193,440
VIC 3002
EAST MELBOURNE
$185,437
NSW 2030
DOVER HEIGHTS, HMAS WATSON, ROSE BAY NORTH, VAUCLUSE,
WATSONS BAY
$181,954
NSW 2110
HUNTERS HILL, WOOLWICH
$177,615
NSW 2088
MOSMAN, SPIT JUNCTION
$171,904
NSW 2063
NORTHBRIDGE
$169,142
WA 6011
COTTESLOE, PEPPERMINT GROVE
$167,090
Top income earning postcodes in NSW
Source: ATO and Sydney Morning Herald
Top income earning postcodes in Victoria
Source: ATO and Sydney Morning Herald
Ten lowest-earning postcodes The nation's poorest income earners mostly reside in small towns in Queensland.
Postcode 4732, which takes in Muttaburra and Tablederry in central-west Queensland, has the lowest average taxable income in the country at $14,681.
And third-lowest was NSW's 2308 — the Newcastle University, Callaghan area — with an average income of $21,054.
Postcode Suburb Average Taxable Income
QLD 4732
TABLEDERRY, MUTTABURRA
$14,681
QLD 4426
JACKSON, JACKSON NORTH, JACKSON SOUTH
$19,396
NSW 2308
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY, CALLAGHAN
$21,054
QLD 4611
MONDURE, MARSHLANDS
$22,524
QLD 4467
MUNGALLALA, TYRCONNEL, REDFORD
$22,795
SA 5308
GALGA, MANTUNG, COPEVILLE, PERPONDA, MERCUNDA
$24,714
NSW 2387
BULYEROI, ROWENA
$25,623
VIC 3889
ERRINUNDRA, MANORINA, CLUB TERRACE, COMBIENBAR,
BEMM RIVER, CABBAGE TREE CREEK, BELLBIRD CREEK
$27,079
QLD 4612
KAWL KAWL, HIVESVILLE, KEYSLAND, STONELANDS, WIGTON
$27,617
QLD 4423
TEELBA, GLENMORGAN
$27,722
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