National Regional Profile: Lithgow (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 140074870   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
586
687
659
689
640
Unemployment rate%
6.5
7.6
7.3
7.4
6.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 821
1 922
2 061
2 133
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 437
7 470
7 629
7 717
-
Taxable income$m
294.7
308.6
323.6
342.5
-
Average taxable income$
39 630
41 307
42 417
44 376
-
Net tax$m
71.7
76.1
79.0
83.7
-
Average net tax$
9 635
10 185
10 350
10 843
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.3
24.7
24.4
24.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 071
7 099
7 134
7 240
-
Wage and salary income $m
267.6
274.0
285.6
303.8
-
Total income $m
278.1
288.2
298.9
314.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
37 848
38 590
40 037
41 966
-
Average total income$
39 333
40 600
41 903
43 436
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.1
57.1
56.6
56.2
-
Females%
42.9
42.9
43.4
43.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.7
17.7
18.4
18.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.0
20.3
19.8
20.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.6
26.1
25.6
23.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.6
23.8
23.6
23.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.1
12.1
12.5
13.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.0
4.9
5.1
-
Professionals%
-
12.3
11.9
11.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.1
5.3
5.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
15.3
15.9
15.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.4
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.1
16.0
16.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
14.1
14.0
14.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.3
11.0
10.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.6
11.6
11.6
-
Not Stated%
-
8.7
8.0
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
697
692
640
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
17.3
18.9
18.1
-
-
Total income$m
19.0
21.5
20.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 894
27 303
28 353
-
-
Average total income$
27 232
31 019
31 545
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
873
816
717
696
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
267
285
306
333
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
159
177
189
180
Total businessesno.
-
1 299
1 278
1 212
1 209
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
117
138
129
Employing businessesno.
-
-
63
42
54
Total business entriesno.
-
-
180
180
183
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
186
177
114
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
15
54
Total business exitsno.
-
-
195
192
168
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year