National Regional Profile: Richmond Valley (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA16610   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
891
776
642
795
725
Unemployment rate%
9.2
8.3
6.9
9.0
8.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 232
2 617
2 735
2 789
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 034
6 757
7 114
7 224
-
Taxable income$m
182.9
214.0
236.2
243.4
-
Average taxable income$
30 314
31 679
33 206
33 689
-
Net tax$m
36.2
43.7
48.0
48.3
-
Average net tax$
6 004
6 463
6 743
6 690
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.8
20.4
20.3
19.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 216
5 908
6 139
6 329
-
Wage and salary income $m
147.5
175.4
188.9
197.5
-
Total income $m
152.2
179.9
196.6
205.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 279
29 695
30 765
31 207
-
Average total income$
29 184
30 453
32 029
32 432
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.5
55.5
54.7
54.6
-
Females%
44.5
44.5
45.3
45.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.4
18.5
18.0
18.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.0
19.7
19.1
18.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.1
24.9
24.4
24.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.3
25.3
26.1
25.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.2
11.5
12.4
13.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
4.7
4.8
4.7
-
Professionals%
-
12.4
12.4
12.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.4
4.6
4.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.6
10.5
11.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.7
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.5
17.6
16.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.9
8.2
8.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.9
9.9
9.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
19.9
19.9
20.4
-
Not Stated%
-
11.6
10.3
9.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 093
1 125
1 120
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
25.3
25.7
27.6
-
-
Total income$m
27.9
29.0
30.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 152
22 875
24 603
-
-
Average total income$
25 492
25 791
26 963
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 248
1 185
1 152
1 155
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
270
288
321
327
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
270
294
303
294
Total businessesno.
-
1 788
1 767
1 776
1 776
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
126
156
171
Employing businessesno.
-
-
78
99
60
Total business entriesno.
-
-
204
255
231
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
243
189
135
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
33
78
Total business exitsno.
-
-
258
222
213
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year