National Regional Profile: Macarthur (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 805255489   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
21
21
19
17
17
Unemployment rate%
2.1
2.2
2.0
1.8
1.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
133
139
144
129
-
Taxable individualsno.
864
871
879
884
-
Taxable income$m
38.4
40.2
42.4
45.0
-
Average taxable income$
44 422
46 211
48 183
50 908
-
Net tax$m
9.9
10.5
11.1
11.8
-
Average net tax$
11 431
12 092
12 584
13 315
-
Average net tax ratio%
25.7
26.2
26.1
26.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
819
823
824
811
-
Wage and salary income $m
33.7
35.1
36.7
38.8
-
Total income $m
35.4
37.1
38.5
40.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
41 093
42 662
44 530
47 808
-
Average total income$
43 170
45 024
46 762
50 374
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
49.9
50.2
50.7
50.1
-
Females%
50.1
49.8
49.3
49.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.2
22.2
22.4
22.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
17.1
16.7
16.2
16.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.5
23.5
21.8
20.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
28.4
28.6
29.8
29.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.7
8.9
9.9
11.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
6.5
7.0
-
Professionals%
-
20.0
20.0
20.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.8
7.9
7.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
6.0
6.3
6.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.1
2.2
2.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.5
18.8
19.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.4
3.2
3.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.7
9.8
9.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
3.2
3.2
3.2
-
Not Stated%
-
22.7
22.2
21.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
60
59
54
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
1.9
2.1
1.9
-
-
Total income$m
2.1
2.2
2.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 208
34 865
35 825
-
-
Average total income$
34 992
38 087
40 251
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
75
69
63
66
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
15
18
21
18
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
12
9
9
9
Total businessesno.
-
102
96
93
93
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
9
3
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
0
12
Total business entriesno.
-
-
18
3
33
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
21
6
9
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
3
0
Total business exitsno.
-
-
24
9
9
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year