National Regional Profile: Knox (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA23670   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
4 089
4 664
3 466
3 197
3 505
Unemployment rate%
5.0
5.7
4.1
3.7
4.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
13 504
14 147
14 835
14 911
-
Taxable individualsno.
70 170
71 694
72 175
73 180
-
Taxable income$m
2 625.9
2 770.2
2 896.3
3 050.0
-
Average taxable income$
37 422
38 639
40 129
41 679
-
Net tax$m
610.5
657.5
681.4
716.3
-
Average net tax$
8 700
9 171
9 442
9 789
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.2
23.7
23.5
23.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
66 661
67 673
68 034
68 677
-
Wage and salary income $m
2 345.3
2 466.9
2 584.5
2 706.7
-
Total income $m
2 453.1
2 572.0
2 686.8
2 810.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 182
36 453
37 988
39 411
-
Average total income$
36 800
38 006
39 493
40 919
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.9
53.0
52.6
52.4
-
Females%
47.1
47.0
47.4
47.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.3
19.4
19.2
19.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.6
22.8
22.3
21.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.3
23.9
23.7
23.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.0
23.1
23.2
23.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.8
10.7
11.6
12.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
10.9
10.7
10.7
-
Professionals%
-
15.5
15.6
16.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.3
6.4
6.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.2
12.1
11.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.4
3.3
3.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.6
18.8
18.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.2
6.4
6.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.1
10.1
10.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.0
8.0
8.0
-
Not Stated%
-
8.8
8.6
8.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
5 860
5 842
5 524
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
145.5
151.3
150.7
-
-
Total income$m
159.1
165.7
164.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 834
25 890
27 274
-
-
Average total income$
27 147
28 357
29 755
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
8 007
7 854
7 446
7 290
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 727
3 072
3 429
3 579
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 932
2 106
2 289
2 265
Total businessesno.
-
12 666
13 032
13 164
13 134
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 617
1 527
1 275
Employing businessesno.
-
-
660
615
603
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 277
2 142
1 878
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 911
1 815
1 389
Employing businessesno.
-
-
108
117
531
Total business exitsno.
-
-
2 019
1 932
1 920
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year