National Regional Profile: City (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 345057003   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
97
135
100
96
103
Unemployment rate%
6.2
11.8
9.7
8.8
9.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
187
209
231
232
-
Taxable individualsno.
980
1 099
1 183
1 268
-
Taxable income$m
40.6
47.3
55.8
64.1
-
Average taxable income$
41 479
43 034
47 202
50 584
-
Net tax$m
10.1
12.0
14.7
17.1
-
Average net tax$
10 351
10 934
12 396
13 467
-
Average net tax ratio%
25.0
25.4
26.3
26.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
892
994
1 066
1 145
-
Wage and salary income $m
33.9
39.2
44.2
50.3
-
Total income $m
35.5
40.9
46.8
53.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
38 047
39 421
41 426
43 888
-
Average total income$
39 840
41 184
43 894
46 455
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.5
55.3
55.0
55.0
-
Females%
45.5
44.7
45.0
45.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.4
20.1
21.0
21.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.5
29.4
27.7
27.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.3
21.4
21.5
20.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.9
19.7
19.6
20.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.0
9.3
10.2
11.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.5
8.9
9.2
-
Professionals%
-
22.6
22.9
22.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.4
7.5
7.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.0
8.7
8.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.2
2.1
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.0
15.7
15.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.8
5.1
5.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.9
7.6
7.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.0
7.3
7.6
-
Not Stated%
-
15.4
14.3
14.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
94
97
94
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.6
4.2
4.7
-
-
Total income$m
3.9
4.6
5.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
37 915
43 080
50 394
-
-
Average total income$
41 929
47 570
56 041
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
336
348
291
282
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
90
108
135
138
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
135
147
156
156
Total businessesno.
-
561
603
582
576
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
72
48
69
Employing businessesno.
-
-
36
27
42
Total business entriesno.
-
-
108
75
111
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
84
84
60
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
36
Total business exitsno.
-
-
84
84
96
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year