National Regional Profile: Spence (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 805107659   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
94
78
70
71
63
Unemployment rate%
5.2
4.7
4.5
4.5
3.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
224
229
230
224
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 403
1 424
1 445
1 461
-
Taxable income$m
55.5
58.1
61.6
66.5
-
Average taxable income$
39 569
40 813
42 601
45 548
-
Net tax$m
13.1
14.0
14.7
16.1
-
Average net tax$
9 334
9 804
10 186
11 021
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.6
24.0
23.9
24.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 292
1 297
1 313
1 321
-
Wage and salary income $m
47.7
49.9
52.8
56.9
-
Total income $m
50.4
52.4
55.4
60.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 887
38 433
40 221
43 101
-
Average total income$
39 012
40 424
42 155
45 393
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.2
49.9
49.7
49.4
-
Females%
49.8
50.1
50.3
50.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.9
20.4
20.1
19.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.5
26.3
26.4
26.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
20.3
20.4
20.6
20.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.9
22.0
21.1
20.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.4
10.9
11.8
12.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.3
5.1
5.3
-
Professionals%
-
17.9
18.5
18.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.2
7.4
7.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
7.0
7.2
7.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
1.8
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.1
19.7
19.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.8
3.1
2.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.5
9.4
9.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
4.5
4.3
4.2
-
Not Stated%
-
24.3
23.5
22.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
99
98
91
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
2.8
3.0
2.9
-
-
Total income$m
3.1
3.3
3.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 213
30 561
31 936
-
-
Average total income$
30 996
33 212
34 696
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
123
99
81
90
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
24
30
33
36
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
9
12
12
12
Total businessesno.
-
156
141
126
138
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
21
15
12
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
6
6
Total business entriesno.
-
-
30
21
18
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
33
12
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
6
Total business exitsno.
-
-
42
33
18
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year