August 17, 2026 — 5:01am

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The top 1 per cent of income earners in 83 Sydney suburbs take home over $1 million a year on average, while in a cluster of harbourside neighbourhoods, to make the 1 per cent bracket, you need to earn more than $3 million.

Analysis of official personal income data by this masthead casts fresh light on how ultra-high pay packets are distributed across the city.

In Bellevue Hill, about five kilometres east of Sydney’s central business district, the average income for the highest paid 1 per cent of taxpayers was $6.3…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU