National Regional Profile: Charles Sturt (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA41060   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
3 434
3 007
2 455
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.9
5.9
4.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
9 744
9 824
10 179
10 036
-
Taxable individualsno.
42 818
43 728
44 324
45 397
-
Taxable income$m
1 538.0
1 628.8
1 746.2
1 862.2
-
Average taxable income$
35 920
37 248
39 396
41 021
-
Net tax$m
346.4
373.1
405.8
432.5
-
Average net tax$
8 091
8 531
9 155
9 528
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.5
22.9
23.2
23.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
37 078
37 592
38 182
39 021
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 235.5
1 302.8
1 381.8
1 462.9
-
Total income $m
1 310.1
1 374.8
1 460.8
1 547.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 323
34 656
36 190
37 489
-
Average total income$
35 333
36 571
38 260
39 657
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.3
52.3
52.2
52.1
-
Females%
47.7
47.7
47.8
47.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.4
17.7
18.1
18.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.0
25.1
24.1
23.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.0
25.0
24.8
24.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.3
21.5
21.6
21.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
10.7
11.4
12.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.9
8.7
8.7
-
Professionals%
-
17.5
17.8
17.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.8
6.9
6.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.5
9.4
9.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.7
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.1
19.1
19.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.1
6.2
6.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.4
9.6
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.3
10.0
10.0
-
Not Stated%
-
9.6
9.6
9.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
4 122
4 078
3 813
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
109.6
112.9
113.4
-
-
Total income$m
121.1
126.1
126.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 586
27 690
29 728
-
-
Average total income$
29 380
30 929
33 094
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 992
4 980
4 698
4 698
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 167
1 332
1 497
1 560
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 086
1 191
1 278
1 293
Total businessesno.
-
7 245
7 503
7 473
7 551
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
906
873
879
Employing businessesno.
-
-
273
405
300
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 179
1 278
1 179
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
969
1 014
819
Employing businessesno.
-
-
42
42
246
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 011
1 056
1 065
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year