National Regional Profile: Watson (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 805058559   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
135
151
140
131
118
Unemployment rate%
7.6
7.3
6.5
6.0
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
345
349
376
395
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 942
2 015
2 181
2 435
-
Taxable income$m
84.1
90.7
103.6
124.1
-
Average taxable income$
43 282
45 033
47 511
50 981
-
Net tax$m
21.1
23.4
26.9
32.6
-
Average net tax$
10 864
11 633
12 341
13 380
-
Average net tax ratio%
25.1
25.8
26.0
26.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 669
1 733
1 880
2 093
-
Wage and salary income $m
68.9
74.8
85.5
102.0
-
Total income $m
72.7
78.6
89.6
107.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
41 273
43 156
45 453
48 754
-
Average total income$
43 566
45 348
47 677
51 316
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
48.7
48.5
48.6
48.6
-
Females%
51.3
51.5
51.4
51.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.7
17.5
17.5
17.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.9
30.1
29.4
29.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.9
25.0
24.5
24.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.2
19.2
19.8
19.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.3
8.1
8.8
9.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.8
5.8
5.8
-
Professionals%
-
27.8
28.3
29.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.9
6.6
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
3.8
3.9
3.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.8
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.6
15.0
15.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
1.1
1.3
1.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.3
6.2
6.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
3.1
3.1
3.2
-
Not Stated%
-
27.8
27.9
27.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
112
107
106
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.6
3.7
4.0
-
-
Total income$m
4.0
4.1
4.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 819
34 479
37 741
-
-
Average total income$
35 988
38 507
43 402
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
138
120
111
120
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
21
27
33
33
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
15
18
18
18
Total businessesno.
-
174
165
162
171
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
27
24
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
12
18
Total business entriesno.
-
-
33
36
39
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
30
33
39
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
3
Total business exitsno.
-
-
33
33
42
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year