Maybe. But we are talking about Mt Druitt area, Simon. There are still a large amount of homes owned by Housing Commission out here & a large portion of the Non-Commission homes are rented to people on the waiting list too.
If we take the few houses next to me as a cross section of the area we have next door on one side married couple both working, female part-time & male in some kind of factory/trade (wears the high visiblilty clothing). Behind me couple with two kids, only the male works but a low paid job. Next door on the other side (dual occ) At the front, couple with one kid, male only works (drives a truck spasmodically). At the back couple, no kids, male only works (packs shelves at Woollies). Next to them, stay at home single mum with two kids. Accross the road, couple with many kids, only the male works as a minister to a small indiginous (spelling?) church, next to them couple with many kids, unemployed.
None of them would be in the $100k bracket. The highest earners would be the first neighbours with the two incomes, but I would doubt their combined earnings would be over $80k (unless they have some passive income churning away - you never know).
We fall into the higher category, however if it wasn't for our money burning sporting activities, we would be living in a different area, perhaps closer to Hubby's work.
