National Regional Profile: Wentworth (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 155208200   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
341
395
310
313
381
Unemployment rate%
9.2
10.6
8.3
8.7
10.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 034
1 046
1 119
1 103
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 926
2 949
2 932
3 014
-
Taxable income$m
92.5
95.9
99.8
108.5
-
Average taxable income$
31 600
32 525
34 040
35 982
-
Net tax$m
18.8
20.1
21.0
22.8
-
Average net tax$
6 414
6 803
7 152
7 552
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.3
20.9
21.0
21.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 471
2 454
2 509
2 639
-
Wage and salary income $m
66.8
69.7
75.0
82.8
-
Total income $m
69.4
73.6
78.4
86.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 024
28 413
29 900
31 370
-
Average total income$
28 090
30 006
31 251
32 780
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.1
55.9
55.3
55.5
-
Females%
43.9
44.1
44.7
44.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.1
20.6
20.8
20.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.8
21.9
21.4
22.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.8
21.2
20.8
20.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.1
23.6
23.4
22.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.2
12.7
13.6
14.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.3
8.5
8.9
-
Professionals%
-
13.5
14.2
13.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.3
6.3
6.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.7
10.5
10.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
2.0
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.1
15.0
14.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.8
5.9
6.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.4
7.0
7.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
26.6
24.9
25.3
-
Not Stated%
-
5.5
5.7
4.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
684
594
528
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
26.5
18.7
14.9
-
-
Total income$m
23.7
19.1
17.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
38 744
31 482
28 170
-
-
Average total income$
34 618
32 230
32 227
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
441
447
399
378
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
138
138
144
165
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
267
285
309
309
Total businessesno.
-
846
870
852
852
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
72
48
54
Employing businessesno.
-
-
45
63
36
Total business entriesno.
-
-
117
111
90
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
81
90
69
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
12
36
Total business exitsno.
-
-
84
102
105
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year