National Regional Profile: Lower South Coast (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 14515   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
3 093
2 383
1 911
2 004
1 918
Unemployment rate%
11.9
8.5
6.9
7.3
7.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
8 644
8 751
9 121
9 412
-
Taxable individualsno.
23 797
25 243
26 234
26 684
-
Taxable income$m
768.0
846.3
936.7
975.1
-
Average taxable income$
32 275
33 526
35 705
36 544
-
Net tax$m
157.9
179.4
200.3
205.2
-
Average net tax$
6 634
7 107
7 635
7 691
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.6
21.2
21.4
21.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
17 788
18 766
19 446
20 040
-
Wage and salary income $m
504.3
552.1
600.4
634.6
-
Total income $m
546.9
596.2
652.3
684.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 351
29 420
30 876
31 667
-
Average total income$
30 747
31 768
33 545
34 151
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.4
51.5
51.2
50.8
-
Females%
48.6
48.5
48.8
49.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.5
17.8
18.3
18.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
17.4
17.0
16.5
16.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.5
24.6
24.0
22.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
26.4
26.6
26.8
27.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
13.2
14.0
14.4
15.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.6
6.7
7.0
-
Professionals%
-
15.3
15.3
15.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.3
7.5
7.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.1
10.1
10.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.3
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.1
17.4
17.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.3
7.1
7.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.3
11.6
12.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.0
11.4
11.1
-
Not Stated%
-
11.7
10.7
9.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
4 778
4 610
4 500
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
119.4
120.5
124.8
-
-
Total income$m
132.0
136.4
143.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 998
26 131
27 723
-
-
Average total income$
27 634
29 588
31 978
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 879
3 666
3 438
3 351
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 236
1 407
1 545
1 635
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
834
897
975
966
Total businessesno.
-
5 949
5 970
5 958
5 952
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
555
453
474
Employing businessesno.
-
-
243
297
291
Total business entriesno.
-
-
798
750
765
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
813
813
528
Employing businessesno.
-
-
51
48
264
Total business exitsno.
-
-
864
861
792
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year