National Regional Profile: Tamworth Regional (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA17310   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
1 731
1 727
1 624
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.7
6.5
5.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
5 983
6 330
6 416
6 405
-
Taxable individualsno.
21 454
21 588
22 209
22 718
-
Taxable income$m
738.6
764.9
835.5
890.3
-
Average taxable income$
34 426
35 433
37 620
39 190
-
Net tax$m
161.1
170.8
187.2
200.4
-
Average net tax$
7 510
7 912
8 428
8 823
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.8
22.3
22.4
22.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
18 939
19 109
19 473
19 913
-
Wage and salary income $m
596.1
622.1
663.0
695.8
-
Total income $m
622.6
647.8
695.8
728.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 473
32 555
34 048
34 942
-
Average total income$
32 877
33 900
35 731
36 579
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.3
53.1
52.6
52.4
-
Females%
46.7
46.9
47.4
47.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.7
18.9
19.3
20.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.4
22.2
21.6
21.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.8
23.6
23.1
22.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.4
22.9
23.3
23.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.6
12.3
12.6
13.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.3
7.1
7.2
-
Professionals%
-
16.3
16.2
16.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.4
5.7
5.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.1
11.2
11.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.6
2.4
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.1
17.3
17.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.0
7.0
6.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.8
11.1
11.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.1
13.3
13.6
-
Not Stated%
-
9.2
8.7
8.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 331
2 905
2 925
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
95.7
85.5
92.3
-
-
Total income$m
100.3
93.5
102.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 725
29 446
31 545
-
-
Average total income$
30 117
32 202
34 983
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 450
3 327
3 171
3 129
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
990
1 107
1 233
1 239
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
759
846
912
891
Total businessesno.
-
5 199
5 280
5 316
5 259
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
480
459
534
Employing businessesno.
-
-
198
276
282
Total business entriesno.
-
-
678
735
816
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
600
621
462
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
51
219
Total business exitsno.
-
-
624
672
681
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year