National Regional Profile: Central Coast (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA60810   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
913
941
656
610
791
Unemployment rate%
10.2
10.5
7.1
6.3
7.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 277
2 352
2 488
2 448
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 845
8 100
8 430
8 711
-
Taxable income$m
252.6
275.0
304.0
326.2
-
Average taxable income$
32 203
33 955
36 066
37 443
-
Net tax$m
52.6
59.2
66.5
71.6
-
Average net tax$
6 709
7 313
7 894
8 215
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.8
21.5
21.9
21.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 895
7 169
7 515
7 735
-
Wage and salary income $m
210.8
228.1
247.1
262.7
-
Total income $m
221.0
240.5
263.1
277.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 570
31 822
32 875
33 961
-
Average total income$
32 056
33 540
35 012
35 919
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.0
55.2
55.0
54.5
-
Females%
45.0
44.8
45.0
45.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.9
18.1
18.7
19.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.2
20.2
19.2
18.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.8
27.1
26.6
25.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.7
23.7
24.1
25.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.4
10.9
11.4
12.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.7
6.5
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
14.5
14.1
14.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.9
6.2
5.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.5
13.4
13.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.4
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.1
16.2
16.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.3
9.4
9.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.7
9.9
9.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.3
16.8
16.6
-
Not Stated%
-
6.3
6.0
6.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 045
1 012
995
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
27.7
28.2
29.8
-
-
Total income$m
29.5
30.2
32.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 461
27 869
29 952
-
-
Average total income$
28 224
29 822
32 572
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
864
882
849
861
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
204
240
318
333
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
228
243
273
267
Total businessesno.
-
1 296
1 365
1 440
1 461
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
138
126
120
Employing businessesno.
-
-
57
78
75
Total business entriesno.
-
-
195
204
195
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
162
165
141
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
18
54
Total business exitsno.
-
-
174
183
195
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year