National Regional Profile: Blacktown (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 10553   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
10 392
9 029
8 347
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
7.8
6.9
6.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
18 687
20 070
22 062
22 945
-
Taxable individualsno.
110 930
113 689
116 353
118 681
-
Taxable income$m
4 066.1
4 305.1
4 613.8
4 874.1
-
Average taxable income$
36 655
37 867
39 654
41 069
-
Net tax$m
922.6
996.0
1 066.6
1 121.8
-
Average net tax$
8 317
8 760
9 167
9 453
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.7
23.1
23.1
23.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
109 658
111 893
114 432
116 912
-
Wage and salary income $m
3 868.8
4 103.5
4 417.0
4 706.2
-
Total income $m
3 970.3
4 193.3
4 491.7
4 751.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 280
36 673
38 599
40 254
-
Average total income$
36 206
37 476
39 252
40 638
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.4
54.5
54.4
54.6
-
Females%
45.6
45.5
45.6
45.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.8
19.6
19.4
19.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.7
26.4
26.1
25.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.9
24.6
24.5
24.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.0
20.1
20.1
20.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.6
9.2
9.8
10.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.4
6.6
6.8
-
Professionals%
-
13.1
13.5
14.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.9
6.1
6.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.4
10.2
10.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.9
2.7
2.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.5
18.6
18.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.3
10.5
10.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.3
9.2
9.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.1
11.0
11.4
-
Not Stated%
-
12.2
11.6
10.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
8 341
8 339
8 069
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
195.8
203.9
205.0
-
-
Total income$m
210.8
217.4
219.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 476
24 450
25 407
-
-
Average total income$
25 273
26 076
27 159
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
11 256
10 875
10 245
10 062
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 964
3 549
4 341
4 710
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 031
2 226
2 409
2 427
Total businessesno.
-
16 251
16 650
16 995
17 199
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 670
2 322
1 911
Employing businessesno.
-
-
936
1 032
975
Total business entriesno.
-
-
3 606
3 354
2 886
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 964
3 012
2 136
Employing businessesno.
-
-
153
159
816
Total business exitsno.
-
-
3 117
3 171
2 952
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year