National Regional Profile: Newcastle (C) - Inner City (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110055903   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 741
1 999
1 851
1 806
1 678
Unemployment rate%
11.8
8.5
7.6
7.4
6.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 530
4 664
4 924
4 831
-
Taxable individualsno.
19 561
20 369
21 019
21 876
-
Taxable income$m
771.3
841.2
921.0
999.5
-
Average taxable income$
39 430
41 296
43 817
45 689
-
Net tax$m
187.6
210.5
231.9
252.2
-
Average net tax$
9 592
10 332
11 034
11 531
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.3
25.0
25.2
25.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
17 784
18 382
19 146
19 735
-
Wage and salary income $m
638.2
682.2
744.6
805.9
-
Total income $m
677.1
724.9
789.3
849.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 886
37 114
38 892
40 835
-
Average total income$
38 074
39 433
41 228
43 035
-
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%
20.1
20.6
21.2
21.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.6
26.3
25.9
25.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.7
22.9
22.5
21.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.5
20.6
20.3
20.6
-
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%
-
7.1
7.1
7.2
-
Professionals%
-
22.5
23.0
23.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
6.7
6.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.7
9.4
9.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.5
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.9
16.3
16.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.2
5.3
5.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.7
9.8
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.0
7.2
7.4
-
Not Stated%
-
13.7
12.6
11.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 419
1 420
1 369
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
50.7
57.7
59.2
-
-
Total income$m
57.0
65.0
66.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 719
40 663
43 247
-
-
Average total income$
40 195
45 807
48 381
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 889
2 748
2 586
2 562
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 005
1 170
1 359
1 392
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 041
1 137
1 239
1 233
Total businessesno.
-
4 935
5 055
5 184
5 187
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
669
597
543
Employing businessesno.
-
-
258
345
300
Total business entriesno.
-
-
927
942
843
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
714
771
522
Employing businessesno.
-
-
39
57
249
Total business exitsno.
-
-
753
828
771
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year