National Regional Profile: Oberon (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 140076100   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
75
96
85
87
86
Unemployment rate%
3.1
3.9
3.3
3.3
3.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
540
555
613
641
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 055
2 130
2 168
2 198
-
Taxable income$m
76.1
82.3
88.6
92.2
-
Average taxable income$
37 022
38 629
40 841
41 959
-
Net tax$m
17.2
19.0
20.8
21.4
-
Average net tax$
8 384
8 934
9 575
9 734
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.6
23.1
23.4
23.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 796
1 857
1 878
1 946
-
Wage and salary income $m
63.3
67.6
71.9
76.7
-
Total income $m
66.0
70.1
74.4
78.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 248
36 393
38 282
39 386
-
Average total income$
36 759
37 779
39 587
40 531
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.6
57.4
57.5
57.4
-
Females%
41.4
42.6
42.5
42.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.9
19.7
19.8
20.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.2
21.9
22.8
21.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.7
23.9
23.3
22.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.1
21.9
21.7
22.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.2
12.6
12.4
13.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
6.9
6.7
-
Professionals%
-
11.5
11.5
11.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.5
4.0
4.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.7
11.9
11.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.8
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.8
15.5
16.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
13.4
14.1
13.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.9
6.9
7.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.7
18.8
18.8
-
Not Stated%
-
8.9
8.6
8.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
383
357
345
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
10.5
9.9
10.6
-
-
Total income$m
10.9
10.5
11.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 460
27 708
30 591
-
-
Average total income$
28 484
29 379
32 564
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
450
444
423
405
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
120
129
135
141
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
102
99
117
123
Total businessesno.
-
672
672
675
669
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
60
57
57
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
27
30
Total business entriesno.
-
-
72
84
87
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
69
66
69
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
9
18
Total business exitsno.
-
-
72
75
87
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year