National Regional Profile: Singleton (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110107000   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
505
422
444
362
642
Unemployment rate%
5.3
4.4
4.1
3.0
5.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 122
2 281
2 373
2 335
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 742
8 972
9 113
9 502
-
Taxable income$m
407.5
432.9
456.6
481.8
-
Average taxable income$
46 616
48 246
50 102
50 706
-
Net tax$m
110.5
118.3
123.5
128.9
-
Average net tax$
12 643
13 186
13 557
13 567
-
Average net tax ratio%
27.1
27.3
27.1
26.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
8 421
8 690
8 754
9 092
-
Wage and salary income $m
368.7
389.3
405.6
437.7
-
Total income $m
382.0
405.1
422.8
450.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
43 780
44 801
46 329
48 137
-
Average total income$
45 364
46 611
48 301
49 563
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
59.6
59.5
59.5
59.5
-
Females%
40.4
40.5
40.5
40.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.5
19.9
20.2
20.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.8
23.5
22.7
22.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.6
26.0
25.7
25.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.2
21.7
22.0
21.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.9
8.9
9.3
9.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
5.9
5.8
-
Professionals%
-
12.1
11.9
12.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.4
5.7
6.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
15.5
15.9
16.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.3
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.9
13.4
13.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
16.9
16.9
17.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.9
9.3
9.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.9
10.1
9.5
-
Not Stated%
-
9.4
8.7
8.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
798
772
715
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
22.1
22.8
21.3
-
-
Total income$m
24.2
25.1
23.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 670
29 552
29 854
-
-
Average total income$
30 293
32 498
33 381
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 284
1 197
1 119
1 125
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
315
354
408
417
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
291
294
303
303
Total businessesno.
-
1 890
1 845
1 830
1 845
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
174
174
180
Employing businessesno.
-
-
81
108
90
Total business entriesno.
-
-
255
282
270
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
225
234
234
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
12
51
Total business exitsno.
-
-
249
246
285
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year