National Regional Profile: Port Macquarie (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 12503   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
911
1 180
1 135
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
5.4
7.4
6.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
5 067
5 159
5 389
5 411
-
Taxable individualsno.
14 272
15 116
15 731
16 080
-
Taxable income$m
493.0
542.2
609.1
631.9
-
Average taxable income$
34 540
35 872
38 720
39 295
-
Net tax$m
107.5
121.4
140.0
141.2
-
Average net tax$
7 534
8 034
8 900
8 782
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.8
22.4
23.0
22.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
11 357
11 956
12 461
12 625
-
Wage and salary income $m
350.4
384.6
421.6
441.0
-
Total income $m
376.1
412.6
457.6
469.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 851
32 167
33 832
34 926
-
Average total income$
33 117
34 509
36 721
37 168
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.1
49.9
50.4
49.9
-
Females%
49.9
50.1
49.6
50.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.5
18.5
19.0
19.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.2
19.8
19.9
19.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.6
25.1
24.4
24.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.3
24.0
23.5
23.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.4
12.6
13.1
13.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.0
9.0
8.6
-
Professionals%
-
18.1
18.5
18.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.2
8.0
7.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.6
9.7
9.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.3
3.0
2.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.0
18.2
18.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.8
4.9
4.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.5
11.9
12.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
6.8
7.5
7.5
-
Not Stated%
-
10.7
9.2
9.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 049
2 022
1 990
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
55.5
59.0
64.3
-
-
Total income$m
65.0
66.0
71.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 108
29 191
32 298
-
-
Average total income$
31 717
32 637
35 995
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 151
2 067
1 917
1 920
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
696
783
915
960
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
525
603
660
657
Total businessesno.
-
3 372
3 453
3 492
3 537
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
363
348
300
Employing businessesno.
-
-
204
198
198
Total business entriesno.
-
-
567
546
498
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
444
438
372
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
18
153
Total business exitsno.
-
-
465
456
525
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year