National Regional Profile: Bathurst Regional (A) - Pt A (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 140030471   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
714
733
670
685
644
Unemployment rate%
5.0
4.9
4.4
4.3
3.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 820
2 980
3 084
3 182
-
Taxable individualsno.
12 413
12 876
13 178
13 516
-
Taxable income$m
458.3
497.2
539.2
570.1
-
Average taxable income$
36 923
38 610
40 915
42 178
-
Net tax$m
104.8
117.2
127.6
134.6
-
Average net tax$
8 444
9 100
9 685
9 958
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.9
23.6
23.7
23.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
11 333
11 716
11 868
12 241
-
Wage and salary income $m
389.1
417.7
444.8
472.2
-
Total income $m
404.3
434.9
465.6
492.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 334
35 653
37 477
38 573
-
Average total income$
35 674
37 120
39 231
40 226
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.7
52.7
52.6
52.3
-
Females%
47.3
47.3
47.4
47.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.3
20.4
20.6
21.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.9
21.6
21.3
20.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.2
24.0
23.8
23.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.5
22.1
22.1
22.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.2
11.8
12.3
12.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.9
7.0
7.5
-
Professionals%
-
18.8
18.9
18.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.7
5.5
5.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.0
11.2
11.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.5
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.1
17.4
17.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.0
6.2
6.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.2
9.7
10.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.2
13.2
13.3
-
Not Stated%
-
9.7
8.4
8.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 495
1 483
1 414
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
44.6
45.2
45.6
-
-
Total income$m
48.5
50.2
50.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 838
30 454
32 230
-
-
Average total income$
32 438
33 869
35 357
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 467
1 458
1 326
1 338
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
468
531
624
633
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
423
468
510
552
Total businessesno.
-
2 358
2 457
2 460
2 523
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
270
204
231
Employing businessesno.
-
-
126
123
129
Total business entriesno.
-
-
396
327
360
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
288
252
249
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
30
87
Total business exitsno.
-
-
300
282
336
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year