National Regional Profile: Upper South East (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 42505   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
301
248
213
190
213
Unemployment rate%
2.9
2.3
2.0
1.8
2.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 308
2 297
2 421
2 558
-
Taxable individualsno.
9 268
9 228
9 355
9 342
-
Taxable income$m
318.8
329.4
338.7
354.1
-
Average taxable income$
34 395
35 695
36 209
37 907
-
Net tax$m
66.5
71.2
73.2
78.2
-
Average net tax$
7 180
7 712
7 824
8 367
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.9
21.6
21.6
22.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 076
7 107
7 151
7 294
-
Wage and salary income $m
196.3
205.0
213.8
227.1
-
Total income $m
206.5
215.4
225.1
239.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 735
28 839
29 895
31 133
-
Average total income$
29 189
30 308
31 477
32 877
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.8
55.6
55.0
54.3
-
Females%
44.2
44.4
45.0
45.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.9
22.7
23.0
22.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.6
21.6
21.3
20.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.0
23.8
23.2
22.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.2
20.7
20.7
21.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
11.3
11.9
12.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.7
8.5
8.4
-
Professionals%
-
10.3
10.3
10.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.9
5.2
5.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.4
12.7
12.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.7
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.6
12.0
12.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.2
6.0
6.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.5
8.9
8.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
29.2
28.9
28.5
-
Not Stated%
-
6.3
5.8
5.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 764
2 648
2 501
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
121.7
117.3
102.9
-
-
Total income$m
120.0
116.6
106.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
44 039
44 288
41 130
-
-
Average total income$
43 418
44 031
42 464
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 464
1 437
1 434
1 377
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
600
615
660
648
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
651
699
738
720
Total businessesno.
-
2 715
2 751
2 832
2 745
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
213
201
168
Employing businessesno.
-
-
123
126
108
Total business entriesno.
-
-
336
327
276
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
207
219
195
Employing businessesno.
-
-
39
39
162
Total business exitsno.
-
-
246
258
357
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year