National Regional Profile: Kingston (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA23430   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
4 168
3 556
3 612
3 236
3 338
Unemployment rate%
6.0
5.1
5.0
4.4
4.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
12 636
13 058
13 568
13 317
-
Taxable individualsno.
59 098
60 557
61 604
62 901
-
Taxable income$m
2 249.9
2 395.6
2 548.9
2 707.3
-
Average taxable income$
38 071
39 559
41 376
43 040
-
Net tax$m
527.7
576.5
611.6
648.5
-
Average net tax$
8 930
9 520
9 929
10 310
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.5
24.1
24.0
24.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
54 173
55 160
56 012
56 706
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 936.8
2 053.0
2 173.5
2 303.5
-
Total income $m
2 035.1
2 150.4
2 273.4
2 400.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 752
37 219
38 804
40 621
-
Average total income$
37 567
38 984
40 588
42 337
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.6
52.6
52.5
52.3
-
Females%
47.4
47.4
47.5
47.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.6
16.5
16.5
16.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.8
26.2
25.7
25.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.9
24.9
24.6
24.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.7
20.8
21.0
21.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.9
11.6
12.1
12.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
10.8
10.5
10.9
-
Professionals%
-
17.8
18.1
18.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
6.7
6.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.3
10.1
9.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.5
3.3
3.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.6
17.8
18.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.3
6.4
6.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.2
9.3
9.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.7
8.6
8.6
-
Not Stated%
-
9.2
9.2
9.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
5 180
5 075
4 875
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
126.4
129.5
130.2
-
-
Total income$m
142.3
144.6
143.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 407
25 514
26 698
-
-
Average total income$
27 476
28 494
29 468
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
8 088
7 893
7 494
7 623
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 787
3 204
3 708
3 768
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 238
2 430
2 589
2 598
Total businessesno.
-
13 113
13 527
13 791
13 989
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 620
1 467
1 425
Employing businessesno.
-
-
591
714
666
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 211
2 181
2 091
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 854
1 878
1 386
Employing businessesno.
-
-
108
132
507
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 962
2 010
1 893
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year