National Regional Profile: City (Statistical Local Area)  
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Unemployment rate%
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
45
46
64
106
-
Taxable individualsno.
319
322
480
882
-
Taxable income$m
18.4
19.4
30.4
60.5
-
Average taxable income$
57 556
60 258
63 319
68 639
-
Net tax$m
5.5
5.9
9.3
18.5
-
Average net tax$
17 153
18 335
19 360
21 018
-
Average net tax ratio%
29.8
30.4
30.6
30.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
243
241
358
665
-
Wage and salary income $m
12.1
12.7
20.0
40.2
-
Total income $m
13.1
13.6
21.6
43.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
49 739
52 774
55 854
60 498
-
Average total income$
54 022
56 496
60 368
64 972
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.7
54.2
52.6
53.1
-
Females%
46.3
45.8
47.4
46.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.1
21.7
20.1
21.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.4
23.3
25.1
24.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
20.5
21.3
19.8
19.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.5
22.1
22.6
21.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.5
11.7
12.5
13.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.6
8.8
8.8
-
Professionals%
-
24.7
25.3
26.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.3
6.3
6.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
3.9
3.0
2.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.9
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.7
14.0
14.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
0.0
0.0
0.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
4.7
4.7
4.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
2.0
2.8
1.9
-
Not Stated%
-
34.1
33.1
32.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
18
18
22
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
1.5
1.6
2.2
-
-
Total income$m
1.7
1.8
2.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
81 814
87 859
98 180
-
-
Average total income$
92 753
98 342
111 254
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
567
561
468
468
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
96
132
177
183
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
267
306
321
318
Total businessesno.
-
930
999
966
969
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
81
72
57
Employing businessesno.
-
-
81
78
48
Total business entriesno.
-
-
162
150
105
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
129
114
75
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
3
36
Total business exitsno.
-
-
132
117
111
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year