Australian Tax Office names Delungra as country's lowest-earning area, Sydney eastern suburbs identified as highest

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A tiny town in the north-west of New South Wales has won the dubious distinction of being home to Australia's lowest earners.

Delungra, just outside Inverell with a population of 556, tops a list of the poorest 10 postcodes, according to the Australian Tax Office.

Its residents have a mean taxable income of just $21,691.

Predictably, the highest-earning area is Sydney's eastern suburbs where the mean income is almost nine times that of Delungra's - sitting at a comfortable $177, 514.

The ATO has released its latest taxation statistics for 2012-13, detailing personal income, charitable donations and highest-earning professions.

Medical professionals top the list of the country's highest earners, with people in the finance, legal and mining sectors also doing well.

And Canberra has been pinpointed as the most charitable region, with its residents making an average annual donation of $261.

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