National Regional Profile: Rockdale (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA16650   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 979
2 705
2 392
2 974
2 415
Unemployment rate%
6.4
5.9
5.2
6.0
5.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
8 685
8 966
9 651
10 208
-
Taxable individualsno.
39 006
39 980
40 823
41 535
-
Taxable income$m
1 491.1
1 585.3
1 692.3
1 794.4
-
Average taxable income$
38 228
39 653
41 456
43 203
-
Net tax$m
351.7
382.7
407.9
431.9
-
Average net tax$
9 016
9 573
9 993
10 398
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.6
24.1
24.1
24.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
36 127
36 676
37 762
38 892
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 314.7
1 385.8
1 483.9
1 583.0
-
Total income $m
1 368.7
1 433.2
1 527.5
1 612.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 392
37 785
39 297
40 702
-
Average total income$
37 886
39 077
40 451
41 447
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.0
52.9
52.9
53.5
-
Females%
47.0
47.1
47.1
46.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.3
17.2
17.1
17.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.1
29.2
29.4
29.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.9
23.7
23.4
22.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.7
18.5
18.3
17.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.0
11.4
11.7
12.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.3
8.4
8.6
-
Professionals%
-
16.3
16.8
17.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.0
7.3
7.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.9
8.6
8.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.7
3.5
3.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.8
18.2
18.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.7
6.5
6.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.5
9.7
9.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.8
9.6
9.8
-
Not Stated%
-
11.9
11.4
11.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
4 068
4 153
3 868
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
97.4
104.7
104.6
-
-
Total income$m
107.8
115.9
114.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 935
25 222
27 037
-
-
Average total income$
26 501
27 913
29 622
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
5 592
5 544
5 268
5 304
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 500
1 758
2 118
2 226
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
744
786
852
861
Total businessesno.
-
7 836
8 088
8 238
8 391
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 236
1 152
1 035
Employing businessesno.
-
-
390
462
504
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 626
1 614
1 539
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 392
1 371
978
Employing businessesno.
-
-
108
75
351
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 500
1 446
1 329
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year