National Regional Profile: Northampton (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 535156790   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
132
83
96
89
75
Unemployment rate%
8.2
4.6
5.3
4.9
4.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
494
456
479
492
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 193
1 259
1 262
1 245
-
Taxable income$m
40.4
45.1
47.2
47.3
-
Average taxable income$
33 886
35 848
37 420
37 992
-
Net tax$m
8.5
9.5
9.9
10.2
-
Average net tax$
7 143
7 516
7 813
8 200
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.1
21.0
20.9
21.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
872
845
880
906
-
Wage and salary income $m
23.7
24.0
26.0
27.7
-
Total income $m
25.1
25.7
27.6
29.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 211
28 339
29 590
30 577
-
Average total income$
28 769
30 422
31 391
32 304
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.1
51.8
52.7
50.8
-
Females%
47.9
48.2
47.3
49.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.8
17.6
18.1
19.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.3
21.7
20.2
19.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.0
25.2
24.7
23.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.0
23.2
23.3
24.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.9
12.3
13.8
14.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.8
5.8
5.6
-
Professionals%
-
12.4
12.6
12.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.0
5.6
6.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.5
8.9
8.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.8
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.8
14.3
16.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
15.3
17.2
15.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.2
9.8
10.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.8
19.0
18.9
-
Not Stated%
-
5.6
5.1
5.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
394
421
387
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
13.3
16.9
14.5
-
-
Total income$m
13.8
16.2
15.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 641
40 136
37 486
-
-
Average total income$
34 959
38 466
39 369
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
204
180
159
171
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
96
105
120
108
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
96
108
102
111
Total businessesno.
-
396
393
381
390
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
30
21
30
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
15
21
Total business entriesno.
-
-
45
36
51
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
60
57
30
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
3
39
Total business exitsno.
-
-
69
60
69
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year