National Regional Profile: Australian Capital Territory   
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 8   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
8 300
7 900
7 137
6 682
6 055
Unemployment rate%
4.6
4.3
3.9
3.6
3.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
26 555
27 001
27 922
27 270
-
Taxable individualsno.
165 970
170 731
174 987
178 850
-
Taxable income$m
7 497.5
8 012.9
8 623.5
9 379.4
-
Average taxable income$
45 174
46 933
49 281
52 443
-
Net tax$m
1 876.1
2 054.4
2 215.5
2 426.6
-
Average net tax$
11 304
12 033
12 661
13 568
-
Average net tax ratio%
25.0
25.6
25.7
25.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
147 587
150 735
154 233
156 717
-
Wage and salary income $m
6 025.7
6 426.6
6 888.6
7 502.8
-
Total income $m
6 384.0
6 766.4
7 241.1
7 877.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
40 828
42 635
44 664
47 875
-
Average total income$
43 256
44 890
46 949
50 262
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.2
50.0
50.0
50.0
-
Females%
49.8
50.0
50.0
50.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.2
19.4
19.4
19.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.4
25.2
25.1
24.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.7
23.4
23.0
22.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.3
22.0
21.8
21.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.5
10.1
10.7
11.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.2
6.1
6.2
-
Professionals%
-
21.6
22.0
22.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.1
7.3
7.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
5.4
5.4
5.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.1
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.7
17.7
17.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.4
2.4
2.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.2
8.3
8.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
3.4
3.4
3.5
-
Not Stated%
-
25.7
25.3
24.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
10 958
10 737
10 059
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
388.1
408.7
405.1
-
-
Total income$m
437.9
455.6
456.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 416
38 069
40 277
-
-
Average total income$
39 966
42 435
45 371
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
16 182
15 333
14 181
13 974
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
4 188
4 815
5 643
6 096
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
3 456
3 903
4 260
4 224
Total businessesno.
-
23 826
24 051
24 084
24 294
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3 105
2 766
2 418
Employing businessesno.
-
-
1 164
1 374
1 311
Total business entriesno.
-
-
4 269
4 140
3 729
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
4 068
3 882
2 769
Employing businessesno.
-
-
141
228
945
Total business exitsno.
-
-
4 209
4 110
3 714
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year