National Regional Profile: Peterborough (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA45540   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
122
80
68
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
16.4
10.8
8.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
250
207
225
237
-
Taxable individualsno.
595
567
584
565
-
Taxable income$m
18.4
18.3
18.3
18.3
-
Average taxable income$
30 922
32 330
31 406
32 325
-
Net tax$m
3.4
3.5
3.4
3.5
-
Average net tax$
5 718
6 165
5 899
6 176
-
Average net tax ratio%
18.5
19.1
18.8
19.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
417
398
404
438
-
Wage and salary income $m
11.5
11.3
11.6
13.0
-
Total income $m
12.1
12.2
12.4
13.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 634
28 391
28 799
29 665
-
Average total income$
28 977
30 552
30 781
31 358
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.6
52.3
50.9
50.6
-
Females%
48.4
47.7
49.1
49.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.3
14.6
14.3
16.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
14.6
19.8
16.3
14.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
30.2
25.1
24.4
19.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
26.6
26.9
29.1
34.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.2
13.6
15.8
15.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.4
5.4
5.7
-
Professionals%
-
14.3
14.9
14.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.9
5.2
5.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.4
11.1
9.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.2
0.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.0
18.6
15.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.1
10.1
9.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.6
9.4
8.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.8
19.1
24.4
-
Not Stated%
-
10.6
5.0
6.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
147
152
131
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
5.2
6.4
3.3
-
-
Total income$m
5.2
6.3
3.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 138
42 018
24 945
-
-
Average total income$
35 537
41 206
29 967
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
114
120
90
90
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
36
42
42
39
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
24
27
30
27
Total businessesno.
-
174
189
162
156
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
3
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
0
3
Total business entriesno.
-
-
15
3
6
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
18
27
9
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
9
Total business exitsno.
-
-
18
27
18
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year