National Regional Profile: Waratah/Wynyard (M) - Pt A (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 620055411   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
416
431
291
292
393
Unemployment rate%
9.0
9.5
6.2
6.0
7.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 252
1 275
1 324
1 340
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 788
3 905
4 104
4 211
-
Taxable income$m
124.4
130.6
145.8
157.1
-
Average taxable income$
32 831
33 433
35 521
37 298
-
Net tax$m
26.1
27.7
31.3
34.2
-
Average net tax$
6 894
7 105
7 625
8 116
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.0
21.3
21.5
21.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 336
3 427
3 630
3 777
-
Wage and salary income $m
102.2
109.3
120.1
127.8
-
Total income $m
107.9
114.3
126.4
134.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 619
31 904
33 096
33 826
-
Average total income$
32 350
33 355
34 823
35 693
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.3
56.2
55.9
55.6
-
Females%
43.7
43.8
44.1
44.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.9
16.6
17.4
18.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.9
20.3
19.0
18.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
28.9
28.2
28.0
26.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.7
23.6
23.5
23.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.5
11.2
12.1
12.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.4
5.8
5.8
-
Professionals%
-
14.0
13.6
13.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.2
5.3
5.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.0
14.4
14.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.3
1.4
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.0
15.9
15.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
11.3
11.2
11.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.1
9.7
10.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.2
15.7
16.3
-
Not Stated%
-
6.5
6.9
6.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
518
496
482
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
13.9
12.2
13.4
-
-
Total income$m
15.0
13.0
14.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 846
24 636
27 797
-
-
Average total income$
28 901
26 266
29 751
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
381
363
378
387
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
117
147
159
183
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
108
117
132
132
Total businessesno.
-
606
627
669
702
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
66
69
60
Employing businessesno.
-
-
27
21
48
Total business entriesno.
-
-
93
90
108
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
63
66
54
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
9
30
Total business exitsno.
-
-
66
75
84
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year