[PUBLIC] Renovation capitals of Australia - Budget Direct

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5	The renovation capitals of Australia
6	Sources: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/industry/building-and-construction/building-approvals-australia/latest-release https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/cities/australia
7	Methodology: LGA data has been used for city/region total value of alterations & additions, including conversions for residential buildings from each state's download data, showing a full year of value data from 2021 - 2022. The cost by month has been calculated by dividing the total value by 12. The average Australian salary is 69,888 (AUS $). according to this source. To find out the average yearly AUS salary equivalent, the total value of alterations and additions for residential buildings each city/regions was divided by the average annual AUS salary. The average Aus salary was then divided by 12 ($5,824) to get the monthly salary equivalent of total value of alterations and additions including conversions. The size of each city has been sourced in KM squared in order to find out the cost per population size for total value of alterations and additions. The cost per KM squared has also been calculated using the size of each city/region in KM squared.
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9	Australian city/region	State	Population	Size (KM squared)	Total value of alterations & additions & conversions for residential buildings $	Cost by population $	Cost by KM squared $	Cost by month $	Average annual salary equivalent
10	City of Greater Geelong	Victoria	226,034	1,248	$163,780,000	$725	$131,234	$13,648,333	2,343
11	Sunshine Coast	Queensland	365,000	1,633	$234,050,000	$641	$143,325	$19,504,167	3,349
12	City of Greater Bendigo	Victoria	100,617	3,000	$63,973,000	$636	$21,324	$5,331,083	915
13	Toowoomba	Queensland	131,258	693.3	$79,963,000	$609	$115,337	$6,663,583	1,144
14	Ballarat	Victoria	97,937	739	$56,388,000	$576	$76,303	$4,699,000	807
15	Gold Coast	Queensland	591,473	414	$284,825,000	$482	$687,485	$23,735,417	4,075
16	Central Coast	New South Wales	309,000	566	$148,605,000	$481	$262,368	$12,383,750	2,126
17	Brisbane	Queensland	2,189,878	15,826	$880,428,000	$402	$55,632	$73,369,000	12,598
18	Albury	New South Wales	55,000	64.1	$21,575,000	$392	$336,583	$1,797,917	309
19	Darwin	Northern Territory	129,062	112	$45,531,000	$353	$406,527	$3,794,250	651
20	Cairns	Queensland	153,075	1,687	$53,856,000	$352	$31,924	$4,488,000	771
21	Townsville	Queensland	196,219	693.3	$66,746,000	$340	$96,273	$5,562,167	955
22	Wollongong	New South Wales	292,190	572	$83,357,000	$285	$145,678	$6,946,417	1,193
23	Canberra (Unincorporated ACT)	ACT	367,752	814	$102,050,000	$277	$125,338	$8,504,167	1,460
24	Newcastle	New South Wales	308,308	114	$80,084,000	$260	$702,491	$6,673,667	1,146
25	Hobart	Tasmania	216,656	1,357	$44,486,000	$205	$32,783	$3,707,167	637
26	Sydney	New South Wales	4,627,345	12,368	$345,239,000	$75	$27,914	$28,769,917	4,940
27	Adelaide	South Australia	1,225,235	3,260	$76,154,000	$62	$23,360	$6,346,167	1,090
28	Melbourne	Victoria	4,246,375	9,992	$115,274,000	$27	$11,537	$9,606,167	1,649
29	Perth	Western Australia	1,896,548	6,418	$19,340,000	$10	$3,013	$1,611,667	277
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