National Regional Profile: Penrith (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA16350   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
4 408
4 781
5 418
4 624
4 213
Unemployment rate%
4.6
5.0
5.5
4.8
4.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
13 007
13 762
14 682
15 053
-
Taxable individualsno.
78 510
79 290
79 818
80 507
-
Taxable income$m
2 944.9
3 068.9
3 251.5
3 393.5
-
Average taxable income$
37 510
38 705
40 737
42 152
-
Net tax$m
681.4
722.3
766.3
797.5
-
Average net tax$
8 679
9 110
9 601
9 906
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.1
23.5
23.6
23.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
76 237
76 636
77 156
77 880
-
Wage and salary income $m
2 706.0
2 824.5
3 000.6
3 147.7
-
Total income $m
2 797.2
2 901.4
3 070.5
3 205.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 494
36 857
38 890
40 417
-
Average total income$
36 691
37 860
39 796
41 153
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.8
53.7
53.7
53.6
-
Females%
46.2
46.3
46.3
46.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.5
22.3
22.1
22.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.2
24.9
24.8
24.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.2
22.6
22.0
21.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.7
20.9
21.0
20.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.5
9.3
10.0
10.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.4
7.5
7.7
-
Professionals%
-
11.5
11.8
12.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.4
6.5
6.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.9
11.8
11.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.3
3.1
3.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.4
19.5
19.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.6
9.8
10.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.3
9.5
9.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.9
8.9
9.0
-
Not Stated%
-
12.3
11.6
11.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
6 679
6 482
6 110
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
177.2
180.2
178.7
-
-
Total income$m
190.0
193.4
193.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 538
27 805
29 244
-
-
Average total income$
28 450
29 836
31 603
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
8 817
8 604
7 974
7 809
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 685
3 057
3 615
3 774
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 539
1 701
1 839
1 887
Total businessesno.
-
13 041
13 362
13 428
13 470
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 869
1 563
1 413
Employing businessesno.
-
-
660
843
726
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 529
2 406
2 139
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 220
2 319
1 548
Employing businessesno.
-
-
99
117
570
Total business exitsno.
-
-
2 319
2 436
2 118
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year