National Regional Profile: Kiama (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA14400   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
372
460
343
282
394
Unemployment rate%
4.1
5.0
3.6
2.9
4.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 336
2 403
2 471
2 374
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 327
8 554
8 579
8 839
-
Taxable income$m
331.8
360.8
386.2
401.5
-
Average taxable income$
39 851
42 180
45 015
45 423
-
Net tax$m
79.7
89.4
97.7
98.4
-
Average net tax$
9 571
10 454
11 387
11 130
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.0
24.8
25.3
24.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 058
7 181
7 231
7 325
-
Wage and salary income $m
261.8
277.0
292.7
305.5
-
Total income $m
278.0
294.5
310.9
322.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
37 099
38 576
40 475
41 707
-
Average total income$
39 393
41 008
42 997
44 003
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.3
52.0
52.3
51.9
-
Females%
47.7
48.0
47.7
48.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.1
18.8
19.5
20.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
17.7
16.9
16.6
15.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.5
25.1
23.9
22.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
26.6
27.5
27.9
28.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.1
11.8
12.1
12.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.9
9.0
9.1
-
Professionals%
-
25.5
25.8
25.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.4
7.5
7.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.8
11.1
11.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.0
2.7
2.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.9
15.9
16.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.1
5.6
5.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.2
8.0
8.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
5.7
5.8
5.7
-
Not Stated%
-
9.6
8.7
8.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 143
1 118
955
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
31.4
32.3
31.8
-
-
Total income$m
35.4
36.6
35.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 441
28 928
33 258
-
-
Average total income$
30 933
32 754
37 530
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 131
1 065
996
963
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
363
408
453
495
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
165
198
213
192
Total businessesno.
-
1 659
1 671
1 662
1 650
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
219
138
174
Employing businessesno.
-
-
84
84
51
Total business entriesno.
-
-
303
222
225
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
243
267
132
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
0
45
Total business exitsno.
-
-
255
267
177
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year