National Regional Profile: Young (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 145108750   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
454
348
312
323
277
Unemployment rate%
8.3
5.9
5.4
5.7
4.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 258
1 332
1 581
1 632
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 620
4 670
4 749
4 745
-
Taxable income$m
156.4
161.6
165.1
169.4
-
Average taxable income$
33 843
34 599
34 776
35 696
-
Net tax$m
33.6
35.5
35.4
35.7
-
Average net tax$
7 278
7 597
7 449
7 532
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.5
22.0
21.4
21.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 760
3 908
3 965
4 001
-
Wage and salary income $m
104.8
113.8
118.6
125.3
-
Total income $m
110.3
119.5
125.4
130.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 879
29 108
29 912
31 309
-
Average total income$
29 333
30 572
31 618
32 696
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.6
55.7
54.2
53.8
-
Females%
43.4
44.3
45.8
46.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.9
21.1
21.4
22.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.7
22.3
21.8
21.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.4
23.7
23.5
23.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.8
21.1
20.9
20.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.1
11.7
12.5
13.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.4
7.6
7.6
-
Professionals%
-
13.8
13.5
14.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.3
4.2
5.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.2
12.3
12.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.7
2.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.7
12.6
13.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.6
6.0
6.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.6
10.7
11.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.3
19.1
17.6
-
Not Stated%
-
11.5
11.3
9.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 119
1 047
890
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
43.5
38.9
27.8
-
-
Total income$m
44.1
39.5
31.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
38 859
37 115
31 181
-
-
Average total income$
39 451
37 712
35 155
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
852
813
735
726
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
318
339
372
369
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
273
282
318
327
Total businessesno.
-
1 443
1 434
1 425
1 422
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
150
87
114
Employing businessesno.
-
-
69
81
96
Total business entriesno.
-
-
219
168
210
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
162
177
108
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
18
96
Total business exitsno.
-
-
171
195
204
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year