National Regional Profile: Illawarra (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 115   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
14 276
13 545
15 084
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
8.0
7.2
8.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
40 571
41 582
43 749
44 031
-
Taxable individualsno.
154 002
158 768
161 937
165 404
-
Taxable income$m
5 909.3
6 371.4
6 870.5
7 244.4
-
Average taxable income$
38 372
40 130
42 427
43 798
-
Net tax$m
1 396.2
1 550.6
1 683.6
1 755.2
-
Average net tax$
9 066
9 766
10 397
10 611
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.6
24.3
24.5
24.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
138 643
141 546
144 379
147 010
-
Wage and salary income $m
4 967.8
5 288.1
5 665.5
5 993.6
-
Total income $m
5 250.7
5 581.6
5 957.3
6 274.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 831
37 359
39 241
40 770
-
Average total income$
37 872
39 433
41 262
42 683
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.8
54.6
54.4
54.3
-
Females%
45.2
45.4
45.6
45.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.9
18.9
19.1
19.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.2
22.9
22.4
21.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.6
24.9
24.4
23.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.0
22.2
22.6
22.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.4
11.0
11.5
12.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.6
7.8
7.8
-
Professionals%
-
18.1
18.2
18.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
6.7
6.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.5
12.6
12.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.7
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.3
16.4
16.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.9
8.0
8.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.9
10.0
10.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.7
8.7
8.7
-
Not Stated%
-
9.5
9.0
8.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
16 279
16 390
15 125
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
445.0
472.7
466.6
-
-
Total income$m
490.1
518.7
517.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 336
28 842
30 849
-
-
Average total income$
30 104
31 648
34 180
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
17 976
17 037
15 633
15 369
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
5 916
6 762
7 926
8 079
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
3 933
4 446
4 773
4 764
Total businessesno.
-
27 825
28 245
28 332
28 212
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3 321
2 889
2 745
Employing businessesno.
-
-
1 542
1 716
1 551
Total business entriesno.
-
-
4 863
4 605
4 296
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
4 275
4 383
2 784
Employing businessesno.
-
-
237
360
1 347
Total business exitsno.
-
-
4 512
4 743
4 131
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year