National Regional Profile: Canterbury (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA11550   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
3 880
4 282
4 629
3 804
3 451
Unemployment rate%
6.4
7.1
7.4
6.3
5.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
12 145
12 737
13 766
14 207
-
Taxable individualsno.
50 589
50 703
50 983
51 485
-
Taxable income$m
1 761.2
1 822.3
1 922.6
2 012.8
-
Average taxable income$
34 814
35 941
37 711
39 096
-
Net tax$m
392.2
414.0
436.3
455.5
-
Average net tax$
7 753
8 166
8 558
8 847
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.3
22.7
22.7
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
47 368
47 113
47 437
48 230
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 572.2
1 629.1
1 717.1
1 808.7
-
Total income $m
1 633.1
1 684.4
1 768.2
1 846.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 191
34 579
36 197
37 502
-
Average total income$
34 476
35 753
37 276
38 290
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.3
55.3
55.3
55.3
-
Females%
44.7
44.7
44.7
44.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.0
17.8
18.0
18.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
28.1
27.6
27.3
27.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.6
25.4
25.0
24.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.5
18.8
19.0
19.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.7
10.4
10.7
11.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.8
6.9
7.1
-
Professionals%
-
15.0
15.3
15.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.4
6.4
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.5
10.2
9.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.0
2.8
2.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.4
16.4
16.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.8
7.9
7.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.6
10.7
10.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.7
12.6
12.8
-
Not Stated%
-
10.9
10.8
10.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
6 525
6 539
6 195
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
133.9
139.4
140.4
-
-
Total income$m
145.6
150.6
150.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
20 518
21 317
22 668
-
-
Average total income$
22 307
23 030
24 238
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
7 821
7 659
7 362
7 254
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 968
2 253
2 664
2 898
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 098
1 164
1 275
1 257
Total businessesno.
-
10 887
11 076
11 301
11 409
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 938
1 710
1 515
Employing businessesno.
-
-
525
612
669
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 463
2 322
2 184
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 037
1 932
1 656
Employing businessesno.
-
-
102
102
498
Total business exitsno.
-
-
2 139
2 034
2 154
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year