National Regional Profile: Ashfield (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105350150   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 259
1 268
1 659
798
981
Unemployment rate%
5.2
5.5
7.5
3.4
4.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 732
3 896
4 280
4 251
-
Taxable individualsno.
18 654
18 733
18 894
19 381
-
Taxable income$m
784.9
816.4
867.8
924.6
-
Average taxable income$
42 075
43 580
45 932
47 705
-
Net tax$m
200.3
212.2
226.5
240.5
-
Average net tax$
10 736
11 330
11 988
12 412
-
Average net tax ratio%
25.5
26.0
26.1
26.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
17 421
17 370
17 700
18 077
-
Wage and salary income $m
678.8
704.1
744.9
788.3
-
Total income $m
712.0
734.7
774.7
820.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
38 966
40 534
42 082
43 607
-
Average total income$
40 872
42 297
43 769
45 404
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.8
51.1
50.9
51.1
-
Females%
48.2
48.9
49.1
48.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
15.5
14.9
15.7
16.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
31.7
31.7
31.8
31.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.1
26.1
25.3
24.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.6
18.4
18.2
18.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.1
8.9
9.1
9.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.7
8.7
8.7
-
Professionals%
-
25.8
25.6
25.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.7
6.9
7.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
6.2
5.8
5.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.4
3.3
3.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.5
16.9
17.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
3.8
3.8
3.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.2
8.8
8.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.1
7.4
7.7
-
Not Stated%
-
13.6
12.8
12.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 834
1 839
1 752
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
59.4
65.5
66.4
-
-
Total income$m
65.9
70.8
71.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
32 378
35 613
37 923
-
-
Average total income$
35 933
38 489
41 042
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 517
2 550
2 346
2 214
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
669
777
885
951
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
333
348
378
384
Total businessesno.
-
3 519
3 675
3 609
3 549
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
621
453
453
Employing businessesno.
-
-
192
171
210
Total business entriesno.
-
-
813
624
663
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
642
675
501
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
45
117
Total business exitsno.
-
-
672
720
618
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year