|
|
|
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
|
|
|
Unemployed persons |
no. |
772 |
866 |
940 |
739 |
766 |
Unemployment rate |
% |
3.9 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
3.3 |
3.4 |
|
|
Non-taxable individuals |
no. |
- |
- |
3 972 |
4 844 |
- |
Taxable income (non-taxable individuals) |
$m |
- |
- |
26.1 |
38.1 |
- |
Average taxable income (non-taxable individuals) |
$ |
- |
- |
6 571 |
7 861 |
- |
|
Taxable individuals |
no. |
- |
- |
20 946 |
20 928 |
- |
Taxable income (taxable individuals) |
$m |
- |
- |
849.9 |
901.3 |
- |
Average taxable income (taxable individuals) |
$ |
- |
- |
40 577 |
43 068 |
- |
|
Taxable and non-taxable individuals |
no. |
- |
- |
24 918 |
25 772 |
- |
Taxable income (taxable and non-taxable individuals) |
$m |
- |
- |
876.0 |
939.4 |
- |
Average taxable income (taxable and non-taxable individuals) |
$ |
- |
- |
35 156 |
36 451 |
- |
|
|
Age Pension - Centrelink |
no. |
2 647 |
2 776 |
2 856 |
3 005 |
3 239 |
Age Pension - DVA |
no. |
6 |
6 |
6 |
np |
np |
Carers Payment |
no. |
139 |
178 |
184 |
185 |
229 |
Disability Support Pension |
no. |
926 |
1 015 |
1 056 |
1 124 |
1 211 |
Newstart Allowance |
no. |
712 |
701 |
708 |
722 |
721 |
Parenting Payment - Single |
no. |
1 245 |
1 319 |
1 332 |
1 254 |
1 176 |
Youth Allowances |
no. |
627 |
620 |
618 |
621 |
625 |
|
Newstart Allowance - more than 365 days |
% |
54.4 |
52.6 |
51.3 |
51.7 |
52.4 |
|
|
Average Wage and salary income |
$ |
34 823 |
36 118 |
37 389 |
38 575 |
- |
Average Own unincorporated business income |
$ |
14 230 |
13 831 |
14 781 |
15 225 |
- |
Average Investment Income |
$ |
2 953 |
2 967 |
3 084 |
3 747 |
- |
Average Superannuation and annuity income |
$ |
16 225 |
16 327 |
17 463 |
19 317 |
- |
Average other income (excl. Government pensions & allowances) |
$ |
2 468 |
2 317 |
2 318 |
2 963 |
- |
|
Total income (excl. Government pensions & allowances) |
$m |
768.7 |
823.9 |
882.8 |
956.3 |
- |
|
|
Males |
% |
52.9 |
52.5 |
52.2 |
51.5 |
- |
Females |
% |
47.1 |
47.5 |
47.8 |
48.5 |
- |
|
|
Aged 15 years to 24 years |
% |
18.7 |
18.8 |
18.8 |
19.0 |
- |
Aged 25 years to 34 years |
% |
25.1 |
24.4 |
23.7 |
22.9 |
- |
Aged 35 years to 44 years |
% |
26.6 |
26.2 |
26.1 |
25.7 |
- |
Aged 45 years to 54 years |
% |
19.8 |
20.1 |
20.3 |
20.7 |
- |
Aged 55 years to 64 years |
% |
8.9 |
9.5 |
9.9 |
10.4 |
- |
Aged 65 years and over |
% |
0.9 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
- |
|
|
Managers and Administrators |
% |
9.0 |
9.1 |
9.0 |
8.9 |
- |
Professionals |
% |
10.2 |
10.3 |
10.5 |
10.9 |
- |
Associate Professionals |
% |
5.7 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
6.4 |
- |
Tradespersons and Related Workers |
% |
14.8 |
14.4 |
14.3 |
13.9 |
- |
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers |
% |
2.7 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
- |
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers |
% |
17.7 |
17.9 |
18.0 |
18.4 |
- |
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers |
% |
9.4 |
9.1 |
9.1 |
9.0 |
- |
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers |
% |
10.9 |
10.8 |
10.8 |
10.6 |
- |
Labourers and Related Workers |
% |
11.2 |
11.5 |
11.3 |
11.7 |
- |
Not Stated |
% |
8.4 |
8.3 |
8.1 |
7.8 |
- |
|
|
Net worth per household |
$'000 |
352.5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Aggregate household net worth |
$m |
5 082.1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Equivalised net worth |
$'000 |
205.8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Assets per household |
$'000 |
451.8 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Liabilities per household |
$'000 |
99.3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Debt to asset ratio |
% |
22.0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
|
Non-employing businesses |
no. |
1 533 |
1 509 |
1 560 |
1 614 |
- |
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees |
no. |
504 |
642 |
627 |
666 |
- |
Employing businesses: 5 or more employees |
no. |
186 |
207 |
210 |
210 |
- |
Total businesses |
no. |
2 223 |
2 358 |
2 397 |
2 490 |
- |
|
|
Non-employing business entries |
no. |
354 |
366 |
345 |
363 |
- |
Employing business entries |
no. |
87 |
174 |
147 |
144 |
- |
Total business entries |
no. |
441 |
540 |
492 |
507 |
- |
|
|
Non-employing business exits |
no. |
414 |
387 |
297 |
315 |
- |
Employing business exits |
no. |
6 |
30 |
87 |
96 |
- |
Total business exits |
no. |
420 |
417 |
384 |
411 |
- |
|
|
|