National Regional Profile: Hamilton (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305031255   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
147
115
106
95
71
Unemployment rate%
5.5
4.5
4.1
3.4
2.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
420
420
396
380
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 355
2 360
2 464
2 568
-
Taxable income$m
156.9
164.9
177.5
201.2
-
Average taxable income$
66 643
69 863
72 025
78 341
-
Net tax$m
51.9
55.2
59.1
67.8
-
Average net tax$
22 030
23 397
23 990
26 396
-
Average net tax ratio%
33.1
33.5
33.3
33.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 858
1 823
1 880
1 956
-
Wage and salary income $m
90.1
92.6
99.9
108.8
-
Total income $m
103.5
102.0
108.6
120.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
48 496
50 773
53 161
55 622
-
Average total income$
55 691
55 930
57 753
61 830
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.4
51.6
52.1
51.8
-
Females%
48.6
48.4
47.9
48.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.7
17.7
19.0
19.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.2
28.0
27.4
27.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.6
23.1
21.5
21.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.8
18.6
18.6
17.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.6
12.6
13.5
13.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
13.7
13.7
13.9
-
Professionals%
-
25.0
23.0
23.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.8
8.2
8.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
4.6
5.1
5.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
4.7
4.5
4.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.7
18.4
18.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
3.6
3.7
3.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.7
7.3
6.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
4.4
4.9
5.6
-
Not Stated%
-
9.8
11.2
10.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
221
218
202
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
20.4
22.8
23.8
-
-
Total income$m
22.6
25.3
26.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
92 472
104 417
118 063
-
-
Average total income$
102 485
116 009
131 544
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
387
426
396
393
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
114
132
159
150
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
96
99
105
114
Total businessesno.
-
597
657
660
657
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
66
57
78
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
33
33
Total business entriesno.
-
-
87
90
111
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
60
84
60
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
12
30
Total business exitsno.
-
-
63
96
90
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year