National Regional Profile: Light (RegC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA43650   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
218
188
160
133
172
Unemployment rate%
4.4
3.6
2.9
2.4
3.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 093
1 144
1 259
1 319
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 581
4 946
5 121
5 380
-
Taxable income$m
160.2
181.2
191.8
211.9
-
Average taxable income$
34 970
36 641
37 456
39 391
-
Net tax$m
35.1
40.5
42.6
47.9
-
Average net tax$
7 658
8 192
8 325
8 909
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.9
22.4
22.2
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 912
4 211
4 430
4 677
-
Wage and salary income $m
122.2
138.0
150.1
166.0
-
Total income $m
128.3
144.1
157.0
174.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 231
32 762
33 883
35 488
-
Average total income$
32 799
34 211
35 439
37 235
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.6
55.0
54.7
54.3
-
Females%
44.4
45.0
45.3
45.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.5
18.3
18.4
19.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.6
19.8
19.4
18.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
28.7
28.0
26.7
25.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.8
23.9
24.6
24.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.4
10.0
10.9
11.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.5
8.2
7.7
-
Professionals%
-
13.7
13.1
13.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.2
5.2
5.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.9
11.5
11.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.7
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.8
16.3
16.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.2
8.5
8.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.2
8.5
8.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.7
18.5
19.0
-
Not Stated%
-
9.1
8.5
8.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
812
819
781
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
29.3
32.8
25.8
-
-
Total income$m
29.6
33.0
28.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
36 025
40 039
33 005
-
-
Average total income$
36 493
40 279
36 505
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
738
723
699
738
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
267
273
294
291
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
171
186
183
198
Total businessesno.
-
1 176
1 182
1 176
1 227
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
120
105
138
Employing businessesno.
-
-
51
27
54
Total business entriesno.
-
-
171
132
192
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
141
138
78
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
0
45
Total business exitsno.
-
-
150
138
123
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year