National Regional Profile: Wollongong (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 11505   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
9 362
12 477
10 662
8 345
10 753
Unemployment rate%
7.3
10.0
8.4
6.3
8.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
25 478
26 167
27 537
27 288
-
Taxable individualsno.
105 747
108 458
110 207
112 749
-
Taxable income$m
4 161.8
4 449.5
4 773.0
5 046.7
-
Average taxable income$
39 357
41 026
43 310
44 761
-
Net tax$m
999.2
1 098.1
1 183.0
1 240.3
-
Average net tax$
9 449
10 125
10 734
11 000
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.0
24.7
24.8
24.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
99 241
100 938
102 759
104 479
-
Wage and salary income $m
3 676.0
3 902.7
4 180.7
4 416.9
-
Total income $m
3 871.9
4 098.9
4 374.7
4 597.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
37 041
38 665
40 684
42 275
-
Average total income$
39 015
40 608
42 572
44 006
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.3
55.1
55.0
55.0
-
Females%
44.7
44.9
45.0
45.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.0
19.1
19.3
19.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.4
24.1
23.7
23.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.5
24.9
24.4
23.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.5
21.8
22.1
22.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.5
10.0
10.6
11.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.6
7.7
7.8
-
Professionals%
-
18.8
18.9
19.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.4
6.6
6.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.7
12.8
12.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.5
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.4
16.5
16.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.5
8.5
8.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.8
9.8
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.3
8.3
8.2
-
Not Stated%
-
8.8
8.3
8.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
8 835
8 882
8 054
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
241.7
259.5
254.3
-
-
Total income$m
264.0
283.5
279.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 352
29 213
31 577
-
-
Average total income$
29 883
31 914
34 676
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
10 479
9 870
9 030
8 835
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
3 435
3 969
4 764
4 857
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 322
2 652
2 862
2 859
Total businessesno.
-
16 236
16 491
16 656
16 551
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 950
1 710
1 617
Employing businessesno.
-
-
933
1 128
984
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 883
2 838
2 601
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 589
2 700
1 686
Employing businessesno.
-
-
141
213
792
Total business exitsno.
-
-
2 730
2 913
2 478
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year