National Regional Profile: Northern Slopes (excl. Tamworth) (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 13010   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
1 292
1 252
1 173
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.6
6.2
5.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
5 253
5 886
5 631
5 520
-
Taxable individualsno.
15 071
14 365
14 861
15 186
-
Taxable income$m
493.9
479.4
525.1
567.4
-
Average taxable income$
32 769
33 369
35 333
37 364
-
Net tax$m
102.8
101.7
111.2
122.8
-
Average net tax$
6 818
7 082
7 480
8 087
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.8
21.2
21.2
21.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
12 171
12 116
12 033
12 322
-
Wage and salary income $m
360.1
369.3
386.2
407.9
-
Total income $m
376.6
378.8
403.7
426.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 586
30 481
32 093
33 103
-
Average total income$
30 942
31 268
33 548
34 571
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.8
55.3
54.6
54.5
-
Females%
44.2
44.7
45.4
45.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.9
18.0
18.3
19.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.2
20.8
20.3
19.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.4
24.1
24.0
23.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.7
23.5
23.9
23.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.8
13.5
13.5
14.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.9
7.0
6.8
-
Professionals%
-
14.8
14.9
14.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.1
4.4
4.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.5
10.8
10.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.6
2.4
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.4
15.8
16.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.4
7.4
7.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.7
8.9
8.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.7
18.6
19.3
-
Not Stated%
-
10.9
9.8
9.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 908
2 913
3 139
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
126.4
79.4
92.0
-
-
Total income$m
126.8
87.2
102.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
32 352
27 271
29 316
-
-
Average total income$
32 448
29 923
32 505
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 444
3 306
3 141
3 093
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 020
1 095
1 173
1 161
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
585
630
666
681
Total businessesno.
-
5 049
5 031
4 980
4 935
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
354
384
453
Employing businessesno.
-
-
159
183
216
Total business entriesno.
-
-
513
567
669
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
510
525
432
Employing businessesno.
-
-
57
42
219
Total business exitsno.
-
-
567
567
651
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year