National Regional Profile: Tweed (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA17550   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
3 241
2 881
2 220
2 661
2 386
Unemployment rate%
11.1
9.2
6.9
8.8
7.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
9 425
10 080
10 393
10 355
-
Taxable individualsno.
25 282
26 936
28 454
29 803
-
Taxable income$m
793.4
888.8
1 015.1
1 087.2
-
Average taxable income$
31 384
32 996
35 674
36 480
-
Net tax$m
161.2
188.4
221.7
233.3
-
Average net tax$
6 377
6 995
7 790
7 827
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.3
21.2
21.8
21.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
20 607
21 535
22 849
23 841
-
Wage and salary income $m
590.7
644.5
718.1
781.5
-
Total income $m
628.0
686.3
767.9
826.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 664
29 928
31 428
32 779
-
Average total income$
30 474
31 870
33 607
34 648
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.5
51.2
51.0
51.3
-
Females%
48.5
48.8
49.0
48.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.7
18.9
19.7
20.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.6
19.0
18.8
18.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.1
25.6
24.7
23.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.0
24.4
24.2
24.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.6
12.0
12.5
12.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
6.9
7.2
-
Professionals%
-
15.6
15.3
15.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.0
7.0
7.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.9
10.9
11.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.4
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.6
18.5
18.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.4
6.3
6.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.9
13.4
13.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.2
10.3
10.6
-
Not Stated%
-
8.9
8.8
8.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
4 234
4 348
4 237
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
101.3
111.1
115.4
-
-
Total income$m
110.4
122.3
128.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 923
25 542
27 232
-
-
Average total income$
26 068
28 124
30 386
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 377
4 251
4 044
4 035
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
972
1 122
1 281
1 317
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
645
801
864
870
Total businessesno.
-
5 994
6 174
6 189
6 222
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
813
774
723
Employing businessesno.
-
-
336
330
333
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 149
1 104
1 056
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
888
927
696
Employing businessesno.
-
-
75
54
219
Total business exitsno.
-
-
963
981
915
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year