National Regional Profile: Rocklea (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305111498   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
139
115
101
72
91
Unemployment rate%
15.7
13.2
11.8
8.2
10.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
122
131
141
144
-
Taxable individualsno.
722
704
745
730
-
Taxable income$m
25.9
26.3
29.4
28.7
-
Average taxable income$
35 928
37 334
39 409
39 371
-
Net tax$m
6.1
6.3
7.1
6.5
-
Average net tax$
8 416
8 988
9 518
8 935
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.4
24.1
24.2
22.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
647
640
689
684
-
Wage and salary income $m
20.3
20.4
23.4
24.4
-
Total income $m
21.1
21.4
25.1
25.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 332
31 846
33 967
35 640
-
Average total income$
32 580
33 430
36 414
37 123
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.3
57.7
56.9
60.1
-
Females%
42.7
42.3
43.1
39.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.9
21.1
19.2
19.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.7
27.2
28.3
27.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.6
25.9
25.3
23.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.0
16.7
17.1
16.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.9
9.1
10.2
12.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
7.8
5.8
-
Professionals%
-
10.2
12.9
12.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.4
5.3
4.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
15.2
12.9
15.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
1.7
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.3
18.5
14.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.8
12.1
12.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.1
7.4
8.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.7
11.6
13.2
-
Not Stated%
-
9.7
9.8
11.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
84
73
73
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
2.1
2.0
2.0
-
-
Total income$m
2.2
2.2
2.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 188
28 044
27 627
-
-
Average total income$
26 599
30 071
30 357
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
423
402
363
390
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
105
129
144
138
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
267
315
333
342
Total businessesno.
-
795
846
840
870
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
57
54
36
Employing businessesno.
-
-
60
69
54
Total business entriesno.
-
-
117
123
90
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
69
96
48
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
15
69
Total business exitsno.
-
-
75
111
117
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year