National Regional Profile: Broken Hill (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 160101250   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
827
925
837
799
747
Unemployment rate%
9.5
10.9
9.9
9.2
8.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 076
2 205
2 223
2 156
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 437
6 362
6 468
6 657
-
Taxable income$m
237.8
230.1
251.0
266.2
-
Average taxable income$
36 938
36 174
38 802
39 983
-
Net tax$m
53.0
51.1
57.0
60.2
-
Average net tax$
8 228
8 031
8 811
9 037
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.3
22.2
22.7
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 159
6 044
6 131
6 248
-
Wage and salary income $m
202.0
201.6
217.6
230.1
-
Total income $m
221.4
210.9
229.2
242.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 797
33 349
35 486
36 834
-
Average total income$
35 951
34 889
37 380
38 768
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.1
53.5
54.1
53.9
-
Females%
44.9
46.5
45.9
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.4
17.6
17.3
18.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.5
20.0
20.5
19.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
28.0
27.9
26.2
24.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.1
23.8
25.0
25.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.0
10.7
11.0
11.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.7
7.0
7.1
-
Professionals%
-
15.6
15.8
15.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.7
5.9
5.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.9
11.5
11.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
2.0
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.8
17.2
16.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.0
9.0
9.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.0
11.7
12.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.4
11.8
12.4
-
Not Stated%
-
8.8
8.3
6.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
700
546
513
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
24.0
14.2
15.7
-
-
Total income$m
18.9
15.5
16.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
34 241
25 932
30 527
-
-
Average total income$
27 042
28 403
32 365
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
645
633
591
540
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
210
234
270
264
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
201
216
243
252
Total businessesno.
-
1 056
1 083
1 104
1 056
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
117
105
96
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
45
69
Total business entriesno.
-
-
165
150
165
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
123
120
93
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
9
27
Total business exitsno.
-
-
123
129
120
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year