National Regional Profile: Waratah/Wynyard (M) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 620105412   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
105
104
77
78
97
Unemployment rate%
8.1
8.6
6.3
6.1
7.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
299
312
318
315
-
Taxable individualsno.
900
915
954
985
-
Taxable income$m
29.4
30.5
33.4
36.3
-
Average taxable income$
32 689
33 327
35 056
36 842
-
Net tax$m
6.1
6.4
7.1
7.8
-
Average net tax$
6 786
7 038
7 488
7 895
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.8
21.1
21.4
21.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
773
788
825
860
-
Wage and salary income $m
23.3
24.7
26.9
28.8
-
Total income $m
24.6
25.9
28.2
30.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 164
31 345
32 623
33 536
-
Average total income$
31 792
32 859
34 218
35 471
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.5
55.6
55.1
55.2
-
Females%
44.5
44.4
44.9
44.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.5
17.1
18.5
19.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.5
19.2
18.8
18.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
28.8
27.8
27.4
26.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.8
24.5
24.0
24.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
11.4
11.4
12.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
5.7
5.4
-
Professionals%
-
14.4
13.7
13.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.0
4.9
4.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.5
14.3
14.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.3
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.1
15.7
15.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
11.4
11.7
11.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.5
9.2
9.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.7
16.0
16.6
-
Not Stated%
-
7.0
7.5
7.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
142
131
129
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
4.2
3.4
3.7
-
-
Total income$m
4.4
3.6
3.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 515
26 059
28 801
-
-
Average total income$
31 145
27 359
30 502
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
180
159
150
150
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
45
48
48
39
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
24
27
27
24
Total businessesno.
-
249
234
225
213
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
15
21
24
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
6
Total business entriesno.
-
-
21
24
30
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
15
24
9
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
15
Total business exitsno.
-
-
15
27
24
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year