someones got to empty the bedpans.
average national wage is also skewed by the much higher wages in Sydney/Melbourne. We live on a lot less income in Qld especially outside Brisbane. All those IT workers we have around at Ozgolf would get at least 40% more in sydney automatically.
i get to see a lot of peoples salaries in my job, and its pretty common to see a something like the bloke earning 50k and the wife earning $20k and looking after the kids. With an average mortgage they are living quite comfortably in the $400k home.