National Regional Profile: Southern Tablelands (excl. Queanbeyan) (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 14510   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 988
1 536
1 391
1 397
1 221
Unemployment rate%
5.9
4.3
4.0
4.1
3.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
7 130
7 495
8 207
8 460
-
Taxable individualsno.
26 983
27 261
27 876
28 020
-
Taxable income$m
975.3
1 011.8
1 079.3
1 139.6
-
Average taxable income$
36 144
37 116
38 718
40 671
-
Net tax$m
217.8
231.5
248.1
262.5
-
Average net tax$
8 072
8 492
8 902
9 368
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.3
22.9
23.0
23.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
22 726
23 339
23 687
24 093
-
Wage and salary income $m
730.8
778.9
823.6
877.4
-
Total income $m
766.5
810.7
861.9
916.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 157
33 372
34 772
36 415
-
Average total income$
33 727
34 736
36 388
38 042
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.1
53.7
53.0
53.0
-
Females%
45.9
46.3
47.0
47.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.3
18.9
19.1
19.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.0
20.8
20.1
19.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.9
24.5
24.1
23.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.3
22.6
22.7
22.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.5
13.2
13.9
14.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.8
7.1
6.8
-
Professionals%
-
14.6
14.6
14.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.0
6.1
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.3
11.3
11.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.3
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.4
16.9
17.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.7
6.8
6.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.2
9.4
9.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.7
14.2
14.0
-
Not Stated%
-
11.9
11.2
10.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
5 392
4 884
4 455
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
181.3
156.8
134.0
-
-
Total income$m
189.4
167.2
151.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 619
32 102
30 080
-
-
Average total income$
35 130
34 234
33 980
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 665
4 653
4 401
4 362
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 650
1 794
1 983
1 986
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 299
1 386
1 527
1 593
Total businessesno.
-
7 614
7 833
7 911
7 941
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
759
540
567
Employing businessesno.
-
-
288
393
405
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 047
933
972
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
771
864
609
Employing businessesno.
-
-
72
102
363
Total business exitsno.
-
-
843
966
972
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year