National Regional Profile: Sydney (C) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105057206   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
781
746
683
699
725
Unemployment rate%
4.6
4.1
3.6
3.6
3.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 581
3 322
4 141
4 665
-
Taxable individualsno.
16 292
17 753
19 768
21 221
-
Taxable income$m
875.3
932.3
1 081.7
1 246.7
-
Average taxable income$
53 725
52 512
54 717
58 752
-
Net tax$m
263.5
280.1
326.4
380.9
-
Average net tax$
16 171
15 779
16 513
17 949
-
Average net tax ratio%
30.1
30.0
30.2
30.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
15 776
17 254
19 681
21 464
-
Wage and salary income $m
727.5
756.9
869.5
978.9
-
Total income $m
767.0
793.3
908.2
1 021.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
46 112
43 870
44 181
45 605
-
Average total income$
48 617
45 979
46 146
47 579
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.6
53.3
53.2
53.1
-
Females%
48.4
46.7
46.8
46.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.5
19.9
21.3
22.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
42.9
44.8
44.8
44.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
20.2
18.2
17.3
16.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
12.8
10.9
10.4
9.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.6
6.1
6.1
6.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
12.1
11.8
11.6
-
Professionals%
-
25.4
25.2
24.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.3
7.3
7.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
3.3
3.3
3.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.2
3.0
2.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.0
20.0
21.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
1.8
1.9
1.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.1
7.1
7.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
5.3
6.6
7.6
-
Not Stated%
-
15.4
13.7
12.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 255
1 273
1 250
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
74.3
81.2
88.7
-
-
Total income$m
84.2
97.5
98.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
59 228
63 779
70 942
-
-
Average total income$
67 098
76 543
78 682
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 859
2 973
2 790
2 733
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
873
1 029
1 215
1 332
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
732
825
900
909
Total businessesno.
-
4 464
4 827
4 905
4 974
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
777
603
579
Employing businessesno.
-
-
306
351
324
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 083
954
903
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
693
804
633
Employing businessesno.
-
-
39
48
207
Total business exitsno.
-
-
732
852
840
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year