National Regional Profile: Penrith (C) - East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105456351   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 418
2 623
2 972
2 537
2 311
Unemployment rate%
4.6
5.0
5.5
4.8
4.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
7 110
7 512
8 019
8 222
-
Taxable individualsno.
42 914
43 284
43 597
43 973
-
Taxable income$m
1 609.7
1 675.3
1 776.0
1 853.5
-
Average taxable income$
37 510
38 705
40 737
42 152
-
Net tax$m
372.4
394.3
418.6
435.6
-
Average net tax$
8 679
9 110
9 601
9 906
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.1
23.5
23.6
23.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
41 671
41 836
42 143
42 538
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 479.1
1 541.9
1 638.9
1 719.3
-
Total income $m
1 529.0
1 583.9
1 677.1
1 750.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 494
36 857
38 890
40 417
-
Average total income$
36 691
37 860
39 796
41 153
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.8
53.7
53.7
53.6
-
Females%
46.2
46.3
46.3
46.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.5
22.3
22.1
22.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.2
24.9
24.8
24.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.2
22.6
22.0
21.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.7
20.9
21.0
20.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.5
9.3
10.0
10.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.4
7.5
7.7
-
Professionals%
-
11.5
11.8
12.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.4
6.5
6.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.9
11.8
11.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.3
3.1
3.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.4
19.5
19.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.6
9.8
10.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.3
9.5
9.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.9
8.9
9.0
-
Not Stated%
-
12.3
11.6
11.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 651
3 539
3 337
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
96.9
98.4
97.6
-
-
Total income$m
103.9
105.6
105.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 538
27 805
29 244
-
-
Average total income$
28 450
29 836
31 603
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 641
4 497
4 116
3 996
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 392
1 584
1 863
1 908
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
654
720
777
789
Total businessesno.
-
6 687
6 801
6 756
6 693
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 008
774
738
Employing businessesno.
-
-
336
369
348
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 344
1 143
1 086
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 209
1 221
825
Employing businessesno.
-
-
33
63
309
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 242
1 284
1 134
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year