National Regional Profile: Rockingham (C) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 505207490   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 974
2 770
2 847
2 370
2 081
Unemployment rate%
9.5
8.2
8.0
6.4
5.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
7 242
7 694
8 320
8 516
-
Taxable individualsno.
29 661
31 411
33 088
35 391
-
Taxable income$m
1 088.1
1 192.4
1 345.9
1 529.1
-
Average taxable income$
36 684
37 962
40 676
43 205
-
Net tax$m
246.9
276.7
316.2
364.1
-
Average net tax$
8 325
8 809
9 556
10 288
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.7
23.2
23.5
23.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
27 159
28 727
30 290
32 596
-
Wage and salary income $m
936.6
1 025.0
1 155.6
1 311.0
-
Total income $m
984.7
1 075.6
1 207.4
1 373.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 485
35 682
38 151
40 218
-
Average total income$
36 257
37 441
39 861
42 133
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.8
56.6
56.4
56.1
-
Females%
43.2
43.4
43.6
43.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.3
20.6
20.9
21.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.2
23.6
22.7
21.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.2
26.8
26.5
26.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.7
20.0
20.5
20.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.6
9.0
9.5
9.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.6
5.6
5.5
-
Professionals%
-
10.5
10.5
10.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.5
6.7
6.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
15.1
15.0
15.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.9
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.5
16.7
17.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.3
9.6
9.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.7
10.8
10.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.3
10.1
10.5
-
Not Stated%
-
13.6
13.1
12.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 214
3 249
3 173
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
85.0
92.7
95.5
-
-
Total income$m
92.0
100.0
103.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 443
28 545
30 098
-
-
Average total income$
28 627
30 792
32 618
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 961
2 817
2 661
2 811
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
618
690
819
909
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
444
507
606
615
Total businessesno.
-
4 023
4 014
4 086
4 335
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
660
663
732
Employing businessesno.
-
-
198
231
306
Total business entriesno.
-
-
858
894
1 038
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
813
798
564
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
51
198
Total business exitsno.
-
-
831
849
762
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year