National Regional Profile: Blacktown (C) - South-West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105530753   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
5 236
4 606
4 330
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
12.4
11.2
10.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
5 788
6 321
7 130
7 334
-
Taxable individualsno.
34 123
34 408
34 866
35 191
-
Taxable income$m
1 166.8
1 211.4
1 284.8
1 338.5
-
Average taxable income$
34 195
35 208
36 849
38 036
-
Net tax$m
250.7
264.7
279.9
290.4
-
Average net tax$
7 346
7 693
8 027
8 253
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.5
21.9
21.8
21.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
34 427
34 503
34 985
35 385
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 132.5
1 179.6
1 257.3
1 323.9
-
Total income $m
1 158.7
1 202.2
1 277.2
1 336.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 894
34 187
35 937
37 415
-
Average total income$
33 656
34 844
36 506
37 763
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.3
56.4
56.2
56.1
-
Females%
43.7
43.6
43.8
43.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.3
20.3
20.4
20.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.8
25.3
24.7
24.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.3
26.1
26.2
25.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.3
19.3
19.3
19.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.2
8.9
9.5
10.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
4.1
4.3
4.5
-
Professionals%
-
8.6
8.9
9.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.0
5.1
5.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.4
10.4
10.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.8
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.6
17.7
17.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
14.2
14.3
14.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.3
10.3
10.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.3
15.0
15.7
-
Not Stated%
-
12.6
12.3
11.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 147
2 127
2 003
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
47.4
49.6
48.0
-
-
Total income$m
50.0
52.1
50.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
22 095
23 303
23 956
-
-
Average total income$
23 309
24 508
25 233
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 790
2 631
2 463
2 478
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
621
807
1 032
1 083
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
375
423
474
480
Total businessesno.
-
3 786
3 861
3 969
4 041
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
612
600
519
Employing businessesno.
-
-
216
270
216
Total business entriesno.
-
-
828
870
735
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
774
804
531
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
39
192
Total business exitsno.
-
-
804
843
723
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year