National Regional Profile: Hunter (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
26 608
19 928
19 165
17 935
18 992
Unemployment rate%
10.1
7.4
6.8
6.2
6.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
60 884
63 353
66 182
65 908
-
Taxable individualsno.
228 140
236 223
242 472
249 504
-
Taxable income$m
8 702.0
9 419.9
10 139.1
10 821.8
-
Average taxable income$
38 143
39 877
41 816
43 373
-
Net tax$m
2 055.9
2 278.3
2 458.9
2 612.1
-
Average net tax$
9 012
9 645
10 141
10 469
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.6
24.2
24.3
24.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
207 260
213 623
219 252
224 824
-
Wage and salary income $m
7 306.1
7 779.0
8 341.1
8 922.9
-
Total income $m
7 709.1
8 238.1
8 808.5
9 354.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 251
36 415
38 043
39 688
-
Average total income$
37 195
38 564
40 175
41 609
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.7
54.5
54.3
54.3
-
Females%
45.3
45.5
45.7
45.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.4
19.6
19.9
20.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.3
23.1
22.5
22.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.0
24.3
24.0
23.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.3
22.5
22.5
22.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.9
10.5
11.1
11.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.9
6.9
7.0
-
Professionals%
-
16.4
16.5
16.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.2
6.3
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.4
12.5
12.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.5
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.5
16.0
16.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.2
8.1
8.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.3
10.4
10.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.4
9.6
9.6
-
Not Stated%
-
12.1
11.2
10.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
21 650
21 319
20 449
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
612.0
654.2
670.0
-
-
Total income$m
677.2
730.2
745.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 269
30 688
32 765
-
-
Average total income$
31 279
34 252
36 477
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
27 579
26 088
24 090
23 772
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
8 469
9 699
11 127
11 475
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
6 639
7 338
7 983
7 998
Total businessesno.
-
42 687
43 125
43 200
43 245
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
5 070
4 317
4 122
Employing businessesno.
-
-
2 298
2 538
2 412
Total business entriesno.
-
-
7 368
6 855
6 534
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
6 348
6 279
4 545
Employing businessesno.
-
-
360
366
1 980
Total business exitsno.
-
-
6 708
6 645
6 525
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year