National Regional Profile: Upper Hunter Shire (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110107620   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
436
364
341
245
366
Unemployment rate%
7.1
6.1
5.1
3.3
5.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 385
1 549
1 520
1 457
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 456
5 501
5 551
5 631
-
Taxable income$m
209.5
227.1
234.7
248.0
-
Average taxable income$
38 397
41 291
42 291
44 036
-
Net tax$m
50.4
56.6
57.9
60.9
-
Average net tax$
9 233
10 282
10 425
10 815
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.0
24.9
24.6
24.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 712
4 869
4 868
4 961
-
Wage and salary income $m
161.2
175.0
181.8
193.1
-
Total income $m
167.7
179.1
190.6
199.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 212
35 951
37 349
38 920
-
Average total income$
35 589
36 792
39 159
40 270
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.4
57.1
57.0
57.3
-
Females%
42.6
42.9
43.0
42.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.6
19.1
19.3
19.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.2
21.4
21.1
20.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.4
24.9
23.9
23.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.5
22.9
23.2
23.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.4
11.7
12.5
13.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.2
7.1
6.9
-
Professionals%
-
12.6
13.0
12.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.1
5.8
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.9
15.0
15.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.2
2.0
2.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.5
12.5
12.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.8
9.6
9.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.6
7.7
7.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
20.1
19.7
20.3
-
Not Stated%
-
8.0
7.6
7.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 019
828
828
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
34.2
26.2
29.7
-
-
Total income$m
35.3
28.3
33.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 558
31 577
35 819
-
-
Average total income$
34 636
34 210
40 163
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
993
972
921
906
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
312
372
408
372
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
204
240
258
261
Total businessesno.
-
1 509
1 584
1 587
1 539
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
126
165
126
Employing businessesno.
-
-
81
81
57
Total business entriesno.
-
-
207
246
183
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
213
186
114
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
6
90
Total business exitsno.
-
-
231
192
204
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year