City of Newcastle

Sources of income

Households in the City of Newcastle have a lower amount of disposable income compared to New South Wales.

Household disposable income is a measure of the amount of income available to an average household in the area. It varies depending on the jobs held by the residents, amount of property and business income, and cash benefits provided by government, which are related to the socio-economic status of the area. Areas with high unemployment, large numbers of retirees and others out of the workforce may have a high cash benefits component.

This information gives an insight into both the sources of income and how much your residents have available to spend in the area. This dataset should be viewed in conjunction with Worker productivity, Local workers income data, and Gross Regional Product data on the size of the residential economy.

Data source

National Economics (NIEIR) - Modelled series

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Sources of income per household
City of Newcastle2022/232016/17Change
Economic measure$New South Wales$$ New South Wales$2016/17 to 2022/23
Wages & salaries106,614.13101,961.1790,103.2794,668.55+16,511
Property income25,006.5125,697.1121,952.4123,360.20+3,054
Business income13,710.1316,595.2321,795.5021,505.92-8,085
Superannuation14,928.7114,034.3914,035.9213,695.55+893
Cash benefits12,269.6514,588.3114,775.6316,825.13-2,506
Total income before tax172,529.13172,876.20162,662.73170,055.34+9,866
Tax paid-34,035.24-32,759.67-27,691.17-28,158.06-6,344
Interest paid-9,068.35-10,727.51-7,135.62-9,234.18-1,933
Other payments/statistical discrepancy19,797.7221,529.1814,002.7117,717.95+5,795
Total disposable income149,223.26151,018.20141,838.64150,481.05+7,385
Ratio of cash benefits to tax paid0.360.450.530.600

Source: National Institute of Economic and Industry Research (NIEIR) ©2024. ©2023. Compiled and presented in economy.id by .id (informed decisions).Data are based on a 2020/21 price base for all years. NIEIR-ID data are inflation adjusted each year to allow direct comparison, and annual data releases adjust previous years’ figures to a new base year.Learn more

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