National Regional Profile: Newcastle (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA15900   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
7 956
5 716
5 286
5 168
4 779
Unemployment rate%
11.6
8.2
7.3
7.2
6.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
13 475
13 870
14 629
14 334
-
Taxable individualsno.
57 281
59 332
60 923
63 136
-
Taxable income$m
2 225.0
2 404.5
2 618.0
2 822.6
-
Average taxable income$
38 844
40 526
42 972
44 707
-
Net tax$m
534.1
591.6
649.3
699.7
-
Average net tax$
9 323
9 971
10 657
11 083
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.0
24.6
24.8
24.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
52 424
54 020
55 900
57 472
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 867.1
1 988.2
2 154.8
2 322.8
-
Total income $m
1 977.6
2 106.5
2 278.2
2 443.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 616
36 805
38 547
40 416
-
Average total income$
37 723
38 995
40 754
42 508
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.8
52.7
52.4
52.5
-
Females%
47.2
47.3
47.6
47.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.8
20.2
20.8
20.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.2
25.9
25.3
25.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.2
23.4
23.1
22.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.8
20.9
20.7
21.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.1
9.6
10.0
10.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.9
6.9
7.0
-
Professionals%
-
21.5
21.9
22.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.5
6.6
6.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.0
9.9
10.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.5
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.1
16.4
16.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.5
5.6
5.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.9
10.1
10.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.3
7.6
7.7
-
Not Stated%
-
13.6
12.5
11.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
4 136
4 141
3 971
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
140.0
156.5
160.0
-
-
Total income$m
156.9
176.1
178.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 843
37 794
40 290
-
-
Average total income$
37 945
42 523
44 902
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
6 642
6 309
5 811
5 730
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 193
2 502
2 865
3 003
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 067
2 241
2 463
2 478
Total businessesno.
-
10 902
11 052
11 139
11 211
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 383
1 146
1 041
Employing businessesno.
-
-
579
753
675
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 962
1 899
1 716
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 560
1 605
1 218
Employing businessesno.
-
-
84
117
483
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 644
1 722
1 701
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year