National Regional Profile: Cobar (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 135151750   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
106
135
133
142
100
Unemployment rate%
3.8
5.1
5.1
5.3
3.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
491
534
540
514
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 030
1 975
2 006
2 060
-
Taxable income$m
83.9
85.5
90.7
96.4
-
Average taxable income$
41 344
43 292
45 222
46 781
-
Net tax$m
20.6
21.7
22.6
24.2
-
Average net tax$
10 157
10 992
11 269
11 752
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.6
25.4
24.9
25.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 903
1 904
1 898
1 938
-
Wage and salary income $m
75.4
77.1
78.6
86.8
-
Total income $m
77.1
79.0
84.6
88.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
39 627
40 509
41 386
44 804
-
Average total income$
40 507
41 488
44 557
45 805
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
60.5
59.3
58.7
59.7
-
Females%
39.5
40.7
41.3
40.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.5
18.6
18.3
19.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.0
27.4
26.1
24.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.0
26.8
26.5
25.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.5
17.6
19.4
19.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.0
9.5
9.7
10.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
4.0
4.2
5.2
-
Professionals%
-
12.9
12.0
13.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.3
7.4
6.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
17.3
17.2
16.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.1
1.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.2
14.1
13.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
16.2
17.0
19.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.8
8.8
7.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.6
12.8
11.8
-
Not Stated%
-
6.1
5.5
6.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
331
257
248
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
9.9
7.0
6.3
-
-
Total income$m
9.5
7.7
7.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 765
27 366
25 501
-
-
Average total income$
28 568
30 041
30 667
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
294
267
255
240
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
105
114
111
111
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
63
78
84
81
Total businessesno.
-
462
459
450
432
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
54
51
45
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
18
30
Total business entriesno.
-
-
75
69
75
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
72
51
51
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
12
30
Total business exitsno.
-
-
75
63
81
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year