National Regional Profile: Blue Mountains (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105450900   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 705
1 786
1 945
1 730
1 515
Unemployment rate%
4.2
4.4
4.7
4.3
3.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
7 517
7 782
8 032
8 126
-
Taxable individualsno.
33 848
34 245
34 915
35 165
-
Taxable income$m
1 364.3
1 435.8
1 541.4
1 606.1
-
Average taxable income$
40 307
41 927
44 147
45 673
-
Net tax$m
329.7
354.9
382.2
394.1
-
Average net tax$
9 741
10 362
10 948
11 207
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.2
24.7
24.8
24.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
30 505
30 603
31 009
31 118
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 155.2
1 208.9
1 283.1
1 347.5
-
Total income $m
1 213.4
1 259.3
1 339.8
1 399.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
37 868
39 503
41 378
43 303
-
Average total income$
39 776
41 149
43 207
44 968
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.6
51.4
51.3
51.4
-
Females%
48.4
48.6
48.7
48.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.4
17.2
17.4
17.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.0
19.8
19.3
18.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.7
23.9
23.5
23.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
25.6
25.7
25.8
25.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.3
13.3
14.0
15.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.8
8.7
8.7
-
Professionals%
-
25.9
26.5
26.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.4
7.7
7.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.9
8.8
9.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.2
3.0
2.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.2
16.9
17.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
3.9
4.2
4.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.4
7.5
7.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
4.9
5.0
5.1
-
Not Stated%
-
13.3
11.7
11.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 579
3 565
3 440
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
97.3
104.0
106.4
-
-
Total income$m
107.7
115.3
118.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 184
29 159
30 939
-
-
Average total income$
30 095
32 339
34 348
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 020
3 681
3 351
3 342
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 152
1 257
1 446
1 515
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
549
633
690
699
Total businessesno.
-
5 721
5 571
5 487
5 556
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
687
579
567
Employing businessesno.
-
-
246
252
276
Total business entriesno.
-
-
933
831
843
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
963
960
660
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
48
255
Total business exitsno.
-
-
993
1 008
915
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year