National Regional Profile: Leichhardt (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA14800   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 199
1 095
994
975
994
Unemployment rate%
3.3
3.2
2.9
2.8
2.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 316
3 413
3 599
3 603
-
Taxable individualsno.
26 635
27 706
28 023
28 131
-
Taxable income$m
1 495.8
1 681.1
1 824.8
1 964.9
-
Average taxable income$
56 159
60 675
65 118
69 849
-
Net tax$m
449.1
519.9
571.8
620.4
-
Average net tax$
16 862
18 765
20 406
22 053
-
Average net tax ratio%
30.0
30.9
31.3
31.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
24 499
24 994
25 107
25 055
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 269.4
1 406.4
1 503.4
1 599.2
-
Total income $m
1 340.6
1 480.0
1 578.3
1 684.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
51 812
56 270
59 881
63 826
-
Average total income$
54 718
59 213
62 863
67 226
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
47.6
47.3
47.7
47.5
-
Females%
52.4
52.7
52.3
52.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
13.0
11.2
10.7
10.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
38.8
38.0
37.5
36.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.2
24.6
25.2
25.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
16.7
17.0
16.6
16.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.3
9.2
10.0
10.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
17.9
18.2
18.8
-
Professionals%
-
31.5
32.2
32.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.9
6.8
6.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
4.4
4.3
4.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.9
3.7
3.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.1
13.3
13.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.0
2.0
1.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
4.5
4.8
4.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
2.6
2.6
2.6
-
Not Stated%
-
13.2
11.9
11.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 120
2 302
2 166
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
116.6
129.7
135.0
-
-
Total income$m
131.4
145.6
147.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
54 971
56 327
62 305
-
-
Average total income$
61 973
63 248
68 038
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 383
4 314
3 966
3 945
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 545
1 722
1 962
2 100
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
864
999
1 095
1 062
Total businessesno.
-
6 792
7 035
7 023
7 107
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
957
798
774
Employing businessesno.
-
-
357
411
396
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 314
1 209
1 170
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 047
1 077
777
Employing businessesno.
-
-
54
78
309
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 101
1 155
1 086
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year