National Regional Profile: Cambridge (T) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA51310   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
474
492
513
302
255
Unemployment rate%
3.6
3.7
3.7
2.1
1.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 792
2 897
2 863
2 690
-
Taxable individualsno.
11 993
12 339
12 655
13 113
-
Taxable income$m
634.7
686.3
762.4
866.8
-
Average taxable income$
52 927
55 622
60 247
66 099
-
Net tax$m
185.3
206.3
233.0
269.9
-
Average net tax$
15 451
16 721
18 409
20 581
-
Average net tax ratio%
29.2
30.1
30.6
31.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
9 467
9 643
9 819
10 082
-
Wage and salary income $m
430.0
456.9
484.1
537.7
-
Total income $m
465.2
490.6
528.0
592.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
45 421
47 385
49 307
53 333
-
Average total income$
49 138
50 878
53 769
58 753
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.6
51.9
51.8
52.1
-
Females%
48.4
48.1
48.2
47.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.6
17.8
18.3
19.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.2
24.5
24.5
23.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.5
23.4
23.1
22.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.7
21.8
21.5
21.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.1
12.5
12.7
12.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
11.6
11.7
11.5
-
Professionals%
-
35.4
36.0
36.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.3
7.5
7.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
4.1
3.9
4.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.4
3.1
2.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.1
14.0
14.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.3
2.3
2.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.5
7.1
7.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
3.9
4.4
4.9
-
Not Stated%
-
10.4
10.0
9.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 103
1 123
1 138
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
67.8
75.1
82.4
-
-
Total income$m
76.6
84.7
93.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
61 477
66 862
72 382
-
-
Average total income$
69 431
75 379
81 936
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 016
1 962
1 899
1 857
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
717
765
870
879
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
360
396
438
435
Total businessesno.
-
3 093
3 123
3 207
3 171
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
330
282
342
Employing businessesno.
-
-
123
180
126
Total business entriesno.
-
-
453
462
468
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
378
426
375
Employing businessesno.
-
-
36
39
96
Total business exitsno.
-
-
414
465
471
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year