National Regional Profile: Wakefield (DC) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 415108130   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
217
174
189
125
102
Unemployment rate%
7.4
5.6
5.9
3.9
3.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
663
729
796
914
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 584
2 461
2 594
2 505
-
Taxable income$m
99.3
93.6
92.3
89.1
-
Average taxable income$
38 432
38 043
35 594
35 560
-
Net tax$m
21.3
20.4
19.5
18.6
-
Average net tax$
8 244
8 301
7 507
7 445
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.5
21.8
21.1
20.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 720
1 760
1 857
1 938
-
Wage and salary income $m
47.4
50.0
55.9
59.7
-
Total income $m
50.9
53.1
59.3
62.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 561
28 412
30 085
30 801
-
Average total income$
29 581
30 187
31 952
32 217
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.3
56.8
56.6
56.6
-
Females%
42.7
43.2
43.4
43.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.5
21.4
22.3
21.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.1
18.2
18.4
18.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.3
25.3
24.3
23.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.5
22.2
23.2
23.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.6
13.0
11.8
12.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
7.2
6.5
-
Professionals%
-
13.0
13.6
13.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.0
4.2
4.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.8
11.8
12.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.6
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.5
13.4
13.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.7
10.0
10.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.9
8.9
8.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
22.4
22.5
22.9
-
Not Stated%
-
6.8
6.8
6.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
934
841
692
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
56.9
43.8
24.3
-
-
Total income$m
51.4
44.5
28.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
60 946
52 095
35 181
-
-
Average total income$
55 035
52 946
41 425
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
507
483
465
471
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
168
180
201
186
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
114
129
138
144
Total businessesno.
-
789
792
804
801
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
57
66
48
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
36
36
Total business entriesno.
-
-
87
102
84
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
57
66
51
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
6
42
Total business exitsno.
-
-
69
72
93
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year