National Regional Profile: Gloucester (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA13050   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
178
155
149
121
197
Unemployment rate%
8.5
8.0
7.0
5.0
8.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
653
713
772
782
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 603
1 662
1 703
1 753
-
Taxable income$m
53.9
56.6
62.0
65.3
-
Average taxable income$
33 654
34 065
36 405
37 247
-
Net tax$m
11.6
12.7
13.4
14.3
-
Average net tax$
7 236
7 643
7 855
8 130
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.5
22.4
21.6
21.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 364
1 382
1 416
1 435
-
Wage and salary income $m
42.0
43.8
46.3
48.8
-
Total income $m
43.7
45.1
48.6
50.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 780
31 694
32 729
34 015
-
Average total income$
32 053
32 621
34 341
34 974
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.5
55.5
55.7
56.1
-
Females%
43.5
44.5
44.3
43.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.4
17.9
17.7
18.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
17.6
17.7
16.5
15.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.9
25.8
24.9
24.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.0
24.6
25.2
24.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
14.1
14.0
15.8
16.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.8
7.0
7.2
-
Professionals%
-
15.3
14.7
15.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
3.8
4.5
3.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.1
9.0
9.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.5
2.8
2.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.0
15.7
16.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.8
10.2
9.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.4
9.4
9.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
20.3
19.1
19.2
-
Not Stated%
-
8.0
7.6
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
389
328
335
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
8.2
6.9
7.4
-
-
Total income$m
9.1
8.0
8.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
20 977
20 923
22 203
-
-
Average total income$
23 390
24 264
25 762
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
660
621
597
570
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
96
120
129
126
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
66
66
66
69
Total businessesno.
-
822
807
792
765
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
72
51
48
Employing businessesno.
-
-
39
18
21
Total business entriesno.
-
-
111
69
69
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
90
87
72
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
24
Total business exitsno.
-
-
90
90
96
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year