National Regional Profile: Muswellbrook (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110105650   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
634
470
507
402
725
Unemployment rate%
8.9
7.1
7.0
4.9
9.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 477
1 583
1 652
1 647
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 075
6 221
6 298
6 420
-
Taxable income$m
262.5
279.0
297.9
315.3
-
Average taxable income$
43 213
44 844
47 301
49 118
-
Net tax$m
67.9
73.8
78.6
82.9
-
Average net tax$
11 172
11 869
12 485
12 906
-
Average net tax ratio%
25.9
26.5
26.4
26.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 806
6 000
6 092
6 147
-
Wage and salary income $m
237.0
253.1
265.4
279.3
-
Total income $m
243.6
258.6
275.5
286.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
40 813
42 180
43 559
45 431
-
Average total income$
41 954
43 094
45 222
46 590
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
59.9
59.3
58.8
59.2
-
Females%
40.1
40.7
41.2
40.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.4
19.4
19.2
19.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.7
24.4
23.9
22.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.2
25.0
24.8
25.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.9
21.2
20.8
20.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.8
10.1
11.3
11.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.3
6.1
6.5
-
Professionals%
-
10.7
11.3
10.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.9
6.8
7.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
15.8
15.9
16.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.5
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.1
13.8
14.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
15.3
14.2
13.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.8
8.3
7.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.8
14.3
13.6
-
Not Stated%
-
8.6
7.8
7.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
634
589
538
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
19.7
19.6
18.0
-
-
Total income$m
21.8
22.0
19.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 137
33 193
33 545
-
-
Average total income$
34 371
37 276
36 555
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
762
729
663
627
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
189
216
219
237
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
168
180
204
213
Total businessesno.
-
1 119
1 125
1 086
1 077
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
93
84
81
Employing businessesno.
-
-
54
42
54
Total business entriesno.
-
-
147
126
135
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
123
189
78
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
12
33
Total business exitsno.
-
-
138
201
111
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year