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Gauteng vs Western Cape average taxable income for 2018 tax year
Date: 28 January 2019 Category: Economics |
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We compare the average taxable income of individuals of various municipalities in both Gauteng and the Western Cape.
So will those living in Sandton have a higher average taxable income than those staying in Stellenbosch? And how does City of Cape Town compare to the City of Tshwane for example. Read on to find out. |
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Average taxable income per municipality in Gauteng and Western Cape
The bar chart below shows the average taxable income of various municipalities of Gauteng and the Western Cape (sorted in descending order from right to left).
The summary below shows the average taxable income of twenty municipalities in Gauteng and the Western Cape. The twenty municipalities shows the Top 20 municipalities in these two provinces are ranked based on their average taxable income:
From the above it is clear that municipalities in Gauteng tend to have higher average taxable incomes than those of the Western Cape, with 6 out of the top 10 municipalities in terms of taxable income is located in Gauteng, with the City of Johannesburg that includes affluent areas such as Rosebank, Sandton having the highest taxable income out of any of the municipalities in Gauteng and Western Cape.
Small town Stellenbosch (where firms such as PSG group) are located comes in a close second in terms of municipalities in Gauteng and the Western Cape's taxable income. City of Tshwane (Pretoria) comes in at 3rd spot while the City of Cape Town is in 4th place.
Only the top municipality in the Western Cape and Gauteng has an average taxable income above R400 000.
We will continue to published tax statistics numbers as published by SARS. Also see number of taxpayers and amount of taxes paid per province
- City of Johannesburg: R 446 838
- Stellenbosch : R 414 847
- City of Tshwane: R 371 691
- City of Cape Town: R 340 802
- Mogale City : R 331 873
- Midvaal : R 320 914
- Ekurhuleni: R 315 067
- Merafong City: R 301 819
- Drakenstein: R 301 101
- Bitou : R 289 556
- Randfontein/Westonaria: R 284 423
- Emfuleni : R 284 027
- Saldanha Bay: R 279 580
- Lesedi : R 279 070
- Prince Albert: R 273 724
- Overstrand: R 265 838
- Swartland: R 265 451
- Knysna : R 262 622
- Theewaterskloof: R 255 913
- Witzenberg : R 252 179
From the above it is clear that municipalities in Gauteng tend to have higher average taxable incomes than those of the Western Cape, with 6 out of the top 10 municipalities in terms of taxable income is located in Gauteng, with the City of Johannesburg that includes affluent areas such as Rosebank, Sandton having the highest taxable income out of any of the municipalities in Gauteng and Western Cape.
Small town Stellenbosch (where firms such as PSG group) are located comes in a close second in terms of municipalities in Gauteng and the Western Cape's taxable income. City of Tshwane (Pretoria) comes in at 3rd spot while the City of Cape Town is in 4th place.
Only the top municipality in the Western Cape and Gauteng has an average taxable income above R400 000.
We will continue to published tax statistics numbers as published by SARS. Also see number of taxpayers and amount of taxes paid per province