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Living in Australia - According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the ACT is home to the richest clusters of households, with Tasmania being the poorest.

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Overall - Queensland and the Northern Territory have the poorest communities, which tend to be of Aboriginal origin.

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Australia's shame - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are far more likely to live in the most disadvantaged areas, with 48% living in the bottom fifth of council areas, compared to 18% of their non-indigenous peers.

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Rich list - The 10 richest areas in Australia are all located in the northern and eastern areas of Sydney and in coastal Perth.

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Advantage - Only 5.4% of indigenous people live in areas of high relative advantage, compared with 22% of the wider population.

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Immigrants - Of people born in China, South Africa and Malaysia, more than 30% live in the richest suburbs, while less than 10% live in the worst off, the ABS data reveals.

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Disadvantage - Of Vietnamese-born residents, 40% live in disadvantaged areas while just 11% live in places of greatest advantage.

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Study - This study helps government understand where extra resources are required.

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Ku-ring-gai - Ku-ring-gai has been revealed as the most affluent suburb in Australia. The last census recorded the population of the leafy suburb as 118,053.

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Mosman, NSW - Mosman, on Sydney's lower north shore, is ranked as the second-richest suburb in Australia.

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Woollahra, NSW - Fancy Woollahra is number three on the well-heeled list.

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Cottesloe, WA - Thanks to the mining boom, Perth is teeming with exceptionally wealthy people. Cottesloe is number four on the list.

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Peppermint Grove, WA - Number five on the richest-suburb list is Peppermint Cove, also in Perth.

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Nedlands, WA - Nedlands, a wealthy suburb in Perth, is number six on the list.

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North Sydney, NSW - North Sydney is a veritable goldmine of rich people all living within close proximity to each other. 

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Lane Cove, NSW - Another rich lower north shore suburb teeming with wealth. Lane Cove comes in at number eight on the richest-suburb list.

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Cambridge, WA - Cambridge in Perth is in ninth place on the affluent list. 

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Hunters Hill, NSW - Finally, the tenth-richest suburb in Australia is Hunters Hill, in Sydney.

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Cherbourg, QLD - According to the data, the most-disadvantaged area in Australia is Cherbourg, in Queensland.

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West Daly, NT - The second-most disadvantaged location is West Daly in the Northern Territory.

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Belyuen, NT - Belyuen, also in the Northern Territory, is number three on the list of poorest suburbs.

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Woorabinda, QLD - The Queensland suburb of Woorabinda is fourth on the list.

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Central Desert, NT - In fifth place is the Central Desert in the Northern Territory. Conditions make living here very hard.

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Aurukun - QLD - Aurukun in Queensland falls at number six of the most-disadvantaged suburbs in Australia.

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Yarrabah - QLD - Yarrabah is an Aboriginal community situated approximately 53 km from Cairns and is at number seven on the list.

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Doomadgee,QLD - Doomadgee has a population of 1405, and it is number eight on the most-disadvantaged suburbs list.

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Napranum, QLD - Napranum is a small community on the Cape York Peninsula in remote Far North Queensland.

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Palm Island, QLD - Palm Island is an Aboriginal community located on Great Palm Island, also called by the Aboriginal name 'Bwgcolman. This is the tenth-most disadvantaged place to live in Australia.

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Disparate - It is pretty clear the difference between the "haves" and the "have-nots" is pretty vast. Let's work to close the gap.

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