|
|
|
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
|
|
|
Unemployed persons |
no. |
1 399 |
1 357 |
1 114 |
831 |
785 |
Unemployment rate |
% |
8.8 |
8.3 |
6.7 |
4.9 |
4.4 |
|
|
Non-taxable individuals |
no. |
- |
- |
2 772 |
3 352 |
- |
Taxable income (non-taxable individuals) |
$m |
- |
- |
19.8 |
27.6 |
- |
Average taxable income (non-taxable individuals) |
$ |
- |
- |
7 130 |
8 243 |
- |
|
Taxable individuals |
no. |
- |
- |
14 527 |
14 867 |
- |
Taxable income (taxable individuals) |
$m |
- |
- |
630.6 |
714.8 |
- |
Average taxable income (taxable individuals) |
$ |
- |
- |
43 408 |
48 081 |
- |
|
Taxable and non-taxable individuals |
no. |
- |
- |
17 299 |
18 219 |
- |
Taxable income (taxable and non-taxable individuals) |
$m |
- |
- |
650.3 |
742.5 |
- |
Average taxable income (taxable and non-taxable individuals) |
$ |
- |
- |
37 595 |
40 752 |
- |
|
|
Age Pension - Centrelink |
no. |
3 838 |
3 852 |
3 804 |
3 742 |
3 810 |
Age Pension - DVA |
no. |
12 |
9 |
9 |
11 |
5 |
Carers Payment |
no. |
137 |
145 |
151 |
154 |
151 |
Disability Support Pension |
no. |
1 283 |
1 326 |
1 306 |
1 285 |
1 235 |
Newstart Allowance |
no. |
989 |
861 |
790 |
539 |
607 |
Parenting Payment - Single |
no. |
1 005 |
973 |
901 |
809 |
696 |
Youth Allowances |
no. |
640 |
589 |
507 |
436 |
421 |
|
Newstart Allowance - more than 365 days |
% |
60.1 |
60.0 |
59.6 |
62.3 |
49.4 |
|
|
Average Wage and salary income |
$ |
34 093 |
36 259 |
38 507 |
41 509 |
- |
Average Own unincorporated business income |
$ |
15 880 |
17 542 |
19 333 |
20 737 |
- |
Average Investment Income |
$ |
2 850 |
3 226 |
4 501 |
4 333 |
- |
Average Superannuation and annuity income |
$ |
15 828 |
15 677 |
16 818 |
17 904 |
- |
Average other income (excl. Government pensions & allowances) |
$ |
3 271 |
3 143 |
3 434 |
5 589 |
- |
|
Total income (excl. Government pensions & allowances) |
$m |
507.2 |
568.6 |
643.0 |
735.1 |
- |
|
|
Males |
% |
53.5 |
53.5 |
54.0 |
54.0 |
- |
Females |
% |
46.5 |
46.5 |
46.0 |
46.0 |
- |
|
|
Aged 15 years to 24 years |
% |
18.6 |
18.7 |
18.9 |
19.1 |
- |
Aged 25 years to 34 years |
% |
28.6 |
27.8 |
27.1 |
27.1 |
- |
Aged 35 years to 44 years |
% |
22.0 |
22.5 |
22.7 |
22.5 |
- |
Aged 45 years to 54 years |
% |
17.9 |
17.8 |
17.9 |
17.6 |
- |
Aged 55 years to 64 years |
% |
11.3 |
11.3 |
11.3 |
11.6 |
- |
Aged 65 years and over |
% |
1.7 |
1.8 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
- |
|
|
Managers and Administrators |
% |
6.4 |
6.6 |
6.5 |
6.4 |
- |
Professionals |
% |
13.5 |
14.2 |
14.8 |
14.7 |
- |
Associate Professionals |
% |
7.0 |
7.1 |
7.0 |
7.7 |
- |
Tradespersons and Related Workers |
% |
11.3 |
10.7 |
10.8 |
11.1 |
- |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers |
% |
2.9 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
- |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers |
% |
19.0 |
19.0 |
18.3 |
18.3 |
- |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers |
% |
9.6 |
9.6 |
10.0 |
9.9 |
- |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers |
% |
9.5 |
9.4 |
9.3 |
9.3 |
- |
Labourers and Related Workers |
% |
10.0 |
9.9 |
10.3 |
10.4 |
- |
Not Stated |
% |
11.0 |
10.8 |
10.2 |
9.9 |
- |
|
|
Net worth per household |
$'000 |
294.0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Aggregate household net worth |
$m |
3 979.1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Equivalised net worth |
$'000 |
203.2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Assets per household |
$'000 |
351.9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Liabilities per household |
$'000 |
57.9 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Debt to asset ratio |
% |
16.5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
|
Non-employing businesses |
no. |
1 650 |
1 608 |
1 608 |
1 749 |
- |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees |
no. |
408 |
480 |
570 |
642 |
- |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees |
no. |
549 |
615 |
645 |
633 |
- |
Total businesses |
no. |
2 607 |
2 703 |
2 823 |
3 024 |
- |
|
|
Non-employing business entries |
no. |
345 |
351 |
345 |
453 |
- |
Employing business entries |
no. |
117 |
156 |
186 |
222 |
- |
Total business entries |
no. |
462 |
507 |
531 |
675 |
- |
|
|
Non-employing business exits |
no. |
471 |
369 |
360 |
357 |
- |
Employing business exits |
no. |
18 |
24 |
102 |
102 |
- |
Total business exits |
no. |
489 |
393 |
462 |
459 |
- |
|
|
|