While leafy Forrest retained the top earners' spot, the new suburbs of Gungahlin are proving to be home to the most cashed-up residents of the ACT, according to the Census data released today.
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Three of the top 10 highest earning suburbs were in Gungahlin, the shiny new suburbs of the north giving the old-school suburbs of the inner-south a run for their money.
The 2011 Census found Forrest retained its number one spot for the highest weekly household income in the ACT - $2947.
But three of the top 10 suburbs were from Gungahlin - No.5 Forde (average household income per week of $2687), No.7 Harrison ($2663) and No.9 Nicholls ($2583).
Rounding out the top 10 were No.2 O'Malley ($2916), No.3 Macarthur ($2737), No.4 Fadden ($2693), No. 6 Barton ($2678), No. 8 Chapman ($2595) and No. 10 Yarralumla ($2580).
The traditional cashed-up inner-south suburbs of Deakin ($2512), Red Hill ($2504) and Kingston ($2502) were edged out of the top 10.
At the other end of the scale, Symonston residents had the lowest weekly household income of $734 - $2213 less than Forrest households.
The other low-earning suburbs were Oaks Estate (average weekly household income of $778), Page ($1309), Reid ($1344), Charnwood ($1361), Lyons ($1379), Belconnen ($1418), Holt ($1418), Scullin ($1495) and Macquarie ($1535).
The median household income per week nationally was $1234.
TOP EARNERS (Average weekly household income)
- Forrest $2947
- O'Malley $2916
- Macarthur $2737
- Fadden $2693
- Forde $2687
- Barton $2678
- Harrison $2663
- Chapman $2595
- Nicholls $2583
- Yarralumla $2580
BOTTOM EARNERS (Average weekly household income).
- Symonston $734
- Oaks Estate $778
- Page $1309
- Reid $1344
- Charnwood $1361
- Lyons $1379
- Belconnen $1418 (equal 7th)
- Holt $1418 (equal 7th)
- Scullin $1495
- Macquarie $1535
