Australia’s 10 poorest postcodes revealed

Of Australia’s 10 poorest postcodes, seven are also located in New South Wales, two in Queensland and one in Victoria.

According to the latest data from the ATO, Australia’s poorest people live in rural NSW town, with an average taxable income more that eight times lower than that of our richest in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

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The postcode with the lowest average income of $21,691 is 2403 – the small rural north eastern NSW town of Delungra, and its surrounding suburbs Gragin and Myall Creek.

The second, third, fourth and fifth spots on the list are all also located in close proximity to Delungra in rural north eastern NSW.

Queensland’s first entry on the list is located about 230km north-west of the state’s capital city, Brisbane.

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4613 comprises 10 small towns in the area – Abbeywood, Melrose, Okeden, Proston, Speedwell, Boondooma, Brigooda, Coverty, Kinleymore and Stalworth.

Victoria’s first, and only, entry is unsurprisingly, another rural area approximately 250km north of Melbourne’s city centre - Waaia and Yalca.

Australia’s 10 poorest postcodes

1.
2403 - Delungra, Gragin & Myall Creek, NSW
Number of individuals: 350
Average income: $21,691
Average house price: $312,900

2.
2359 - Aberdeen, Bakers Creek & Bundarra, NSW
Number of individuals: 375
Average income: $24,742
Average house price: $367,400

3.
2361 - Ashford, Atholwood, Bonshaw, Limestone & Pindaroi, NSW
Number of individuals: 375
Average income: $25,431
Average house price: $141,800

4.
2404 - Bangheet, Bingara, Gineroi, Keera, Dinoga, Elcombe, Upper Bingara, Pallal, & Riverview, NSW
Number of individuals: 840
Average income: $27,013
Average house price: $174,000

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5.
2424 - Tiri, Cundle Flat, Cooplacurripa, Cells River, Caffreys Flat, Number One, Mount George, Knorrit Forest & Knorrit Flat, NSW
Number of individuals: 210
Average income: $27,537
Average house price: $187,300

6.
4613 - Abbeywood, Melrose, Okeden, Proston, Speedwell, Boondooma, Brigooda, Coverty, Kinleymore & Stalworth, QLD
Number of individuals: 315
Average income: $27,547
Average house price: $435,000

7.
3637 – Waaia & Yalca, VIC
Number of individuals: 290
Average income: $27,627
Average house price: $227,700

8.
4626 - Beeron, Boynewood, Brovinia, Cattle Creek, Coonambula, Derri Derra, Dykehead, Glenrae, Gurgeena, Hawkwood, Monogorilby, Mundowran, Mundubbera, O’Bil Bil, Old Cooranga, Philpott & Riverleigh, QLD
Number of individuals: 1290
Average income: $27,891
Average house price: $185,000

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9.
2842 - Mollyan, Mendooran, Yarragrin, NSW
Number of individuals: 285
Average income: $28,110
Average house price: $191,100

10.
2371 - Capoompeta, Deepwater, Emmaville, Rocky Creek, Stannum, Torrington, Wellington Vale & Yellow Dam, NSW
Number of individuals: 525
Average income: $28,252
Average house price: $340,000