The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released data on the number of income earners, amounts received, and the distribution of income for the 2017 to 2018 financial year.

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The median income for earners in the Wingecarribee Local Government Area was $44,735. This had increased from $43,171 the year before.

The median age of earners in the region was 49 years old with a total of $1,870,611,314 earnt in the 2017/18 financial year.

Nationwide. median personal income was $49,805, up three per cent on the 2016-17 financial year.

The Australian Capital Territory continued to record the highest median total income of $64,332.

In 2017-18, the three local government areas with the highest median total income in Australia were: Ashburton in Western Australia, Roxby Downs in South Australia, and Peppermint Grove in Western Australia.