National Regional Profile: Sydney (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
111 262
101 107
103 511
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
5.1
4.5
4.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
358 457
377 527
402 788
410 294
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 850 190
1 885 682
1 918 535
1 953 621
-
Taxable income$m
83 332.4
88 318.7
94 695.3
101 450.0
-
Average taxable income$
45 040
46 837
49 358
51 929
-
Net tax$m
22 261.4
24 063.9
25 925.5
27 907.0
-
Average net tax$
12 032
12 761
13 513
14 285
-
Average net tax ratio%
26.7
27.2
27.4
27.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 690 559
1 707 909
1 739 245
1 770 060
-
Wage and salary income $m
68 782.4
72 124.1
76 753.0
81 776.0
-
Total income $m
72 505.7
75 716.5
80 341.5
85 196.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
40 686
42 229
44 130
46 200
-
Average total income$
42 889
44 333
46 193
48 132
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.9
52.8
52.8
52.7
-
Females%
47.1
47.2
47.2
47.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.5
18.4
18.5
18.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.8
27.5
27.4
27.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.9
23.6
23.3
23.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.5
19.6
19.6
19.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
10.9
11.3
11.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
10.5
10.5
10.6
-
Professionals%
-
19.6
19.9
20.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.8
6.9
7.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.7
8.6
8.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.8
3.6
3.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.9
17.2
17.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.6
5.8
5.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.1
8.3
8.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.3
7.5
7.6
-
Not Stated%
-
12.6
11.7
11.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
174 296
174 026
165 530
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
6 108.9
6 533.5
6 689.3
-
-
Total income$m
6 826.6
7 283.1
7 393.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 049
37 543
40 411
-
-
Average total income$
39 167
41 850
44 667
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
283 830
276 369
259 224
255 573
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
87 243
100 416
116 661
123 009
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
53 214
58 452
62 811
62 508
Total businessesno.
-
424 287
435 237
438 696
441 090
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
60 090
51 510
47 931
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21 915
25 044
24 075
Total business entriesno.
-
-
82 005
76 554
72 006
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
67 644
69 060
51 492
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3 522
4 503
18 480
Total business exitsno.
-
-
71 166
73 563
69 972
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year