National Regional Profile: Sydney (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA17200   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
4 678
4 250
3 853
3 946
4 115
Unemployment rate%
6.3
5.4
4.7
4.8
4.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
10 822
13 097
15 468
16 993
-
Taxable individualsno.
69 008
73 494
79 240
84 397
-
Taxable income$m
3 535.2
3 753.9
4 207.4
4 774.4
-
Average taxable income$
51 229
51 078
53 097
56 571
-
Net tax$m
1 041.9
1 106.4
1 239.4
1 420.5
-
Average net tax$
15 099
15 054
15 641
16 832
-
Average net tax ratio%
29.5
29.5
29.5
29.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
67 239
71 376
78 368
84 526
-
Wage and salary income $m
2 971.2
3 136.8
3 494.6
3 915.9
-
Total income $m
3 119.4
3 282.0
3 638.1
4 065.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
44 189
43 948
44 593
46 327
-
Average total income$
46 393
45 981
46 423
48 091
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.3
53.9
53.8
53.7
-
Females%
45.7
46.1
46.2
46.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.5
19.0
20.1
21.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
44.0
44.3
44.2
44.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
20.7
19.6
19.0
18.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
11.6
11.1
10.6
10.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.2
6.1
6.0
6.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
12.2
11.9
11.8
-
Professionals%
-
25.5
25.3
25.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.4
7.4
7.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
3.9
3.8
3.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.2
3.1
2.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.5
19.0
20.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.1
2.3
2.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.9
7.1
7.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
5.5
6.5
7.2
-
Not Stated%
-
14.9
13.5
12.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
5 324
5 418
5 233
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
289.5
307.6
325.6
-
-
Total income$m
329.1
357.1
360.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
54 375
56 767
62 217
-
-
Average total income$
61 819
65 917
68 911
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
29 940
29 406
27 402
27 246
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
8 901
10 143
11 976
12 819
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
8 127
8 895
9 519
9 447
Total businessesno.
-
46 968
48 444
48 897
49 512
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
6 084
5 202
5 205
Employing businessesno.
-
-
2 730
3 219
2 895
Total business entriesno.
-
-
8 814
8 421
8 100
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
6 702
7 311
5 469
Employing businessesno.
-
-
561
654
2 199
Total business exitsno.
-
-
7 263
7 965
7 668
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year