National Regional Profile: Brighton (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305071078   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
431
348
288
237
253
Unemployment rate%
9.4
7.8
6.6
5.3
5.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
882
870
918
939
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 908
3 984
4 107
4 201
-
Taxable income$m
135.9
144.8
157.4
167.6
-
Average taxable income$
34 787
36 353
38 314
39 884
-
Net tax$m
29.8
32.5
35.6
37.8
-
Average net tax$
7 616
8 170
8 675
8 992
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.9
22.5
22.6
22.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 678
3 707
3 839
3 917
-
Wage and salary income $m
121.2
126.7
137.3
147.4
-
Total income $m
126.6
132.9
143.8
153.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 949
34 175
35 773
37 621
-
Average total income$
34 430
35 858
37 463
39 072
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.8
52.7
52.3
52.4
-
Females%
47.2
47.3
47.7
47.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.9
18.0
18.8
18.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.6
23.1
22.5
22.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.0
25.3
25.1
24.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.9
22.6
22.1
22.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.5
11.1
11.6
12.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.2
7.6
7.6
-
Professionals%
-
15.1
15.0
14.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.4
6.3
6.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.8
10.7
11.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.6
2.4
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.4
20.7
20.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.7
6.6
6.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.9
10.6
10.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.9
9.5
9.5
-
Not Stated%
-
10.9
10.6
10.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
340
339
322
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
8.0
9.0
9.0
-
-
Total income$m
8.7
9.9
10.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 570
26 620
28 097
-
-
Average total income$
25 585
29 246
31 039
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
327
357
345
333
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
96
102
138
153
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
36
39
42
39
Total businessesno.
-
459
498
525
525
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
57
87
57
Employing businessesno.
-
-
39
33
30
Total business entriesno.
-
-
96
120
87
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
45
63
84
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
24
Total business exitsno.
-
-
51
66
108
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year