Personal income is the gross annual income a person reported receiving at the time of interview from wages and salaries and from government payments. It does not include income from investments or other sources. CDEP income comes from community development employment projects. Government payments include allowances, pensions, family payments, rent assistance, Abstudy and other government payments. Main source of income is the single source from which the most income was received.
Capital city comprises all state and territory capital city statistical divisions.
Other urban comprises all centres with a total population of 1,000 and over, excluding capital cities. Rural comprises rural areas and towns with a total population of less than 1,000 people. Most remote Indigenous communities are included in this category. In general, men had greater incomes than women and Indigenous people living in capital cities had greater incomes than those living in rural areas. However, Indigenous people employed under this program earned less than those in non-CDEP employment.