National Regional Profile: Cowra (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 140152350   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
331
348
343
335
313
Unemployment rate%
6.0
6.0
5.8
5.5
4.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 469
1 573
1 632
1 716
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 905
4 969
5 030
5 023
-
Taxable income$m
161.1
171.9
176.1
189.1
-
Average taxable income$
32 836
34 601
35 007
37 646
-
Net tax$m
33.7
37.6
37.7
42.3
-
Average net tax$
6 861
7 575
7 499
8 423
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.9
21.9
21.4
22.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 002
4 101
4 113
4 163
-
Wage and salary income $m
114.9
120.1
126.9
132.7
-
Total income $m
120.0
126.4
132.4
139.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 698
29 275
30 859
31 876
-
Average total income$
29 994
30 816
32 185
33 529
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.4
55.3
54.9
55.2
-
Females%
44.6
44.7
45.1
44.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.0
20.6
20.0
20.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.5
21.5
21.1
19.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.0
22.0
22.2
22.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.8
21.9
22.3
23.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.8
14.0
14.5
14.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.4
7.1
7.9
-
Professionals%
-
13.6
13.8
13.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.5
4.7
4.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.5
12.5
12.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.6
2.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.2
14.3
14.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.8
6.1
5.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.6
9.7
10.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
21.4
21.2
20.7
-
Not Stated%
-
9.2
7.9
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 165
1 161
997
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
37.2
40.7
30.2
-
-
Total income$m
39.8
42.6
33.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 935
35 071
30 245
-
-
Average total income$
34 202
36 729
33 580
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
822
822
732
720
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
312
363
390
378
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
210
228
252
258
Total businessesno.
-
1 344
1 413
1 374
1 356
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
117
114
102
Employing businessesno.
-
-
78
69
78
Total business entriesno.
-
-
195
183
180
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
93
186
123
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
15
78
Total business exitsno.
-
-
105
201
201
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year