National Regional Profile: Hastings (A) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 125103754   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
667
835
793
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
5.7
7.6
7.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 913
3 931
4 138
4 274
-
Taxable individualsno.
9 131
9 750
10 308
10 536
-
Taxable income$m
284.9
317.5
356.1
381.2
-
Average taxable income$
31 207
32 570
34 544
36 184
-
Net tax$m
57.9
66.5
74.3
80.1
-
Average net tax$
6 336
6 823
7 207
7 599
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.3
20.9
20.9
21.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 208
7 605
8 082
8 359
-
Wage and salary income $m
205.1
226.6
252.3
270.9
-
Total income $m
218.2
241.7
270.4
286.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 450
29 795
31 212
32 408
-
Average total income$
30 265
31 781
33 457
34 326
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.5
51.4
51.1
51.1
-
Females%
48.5
48.6
48.9
48.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.8
17.4
17.4
18.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
17.9
17.8
17.4
16.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.4
26.0
25.7
24.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
26.1
26.5
26.5
26.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.8
12.3
13.0
13.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.5
7.2
6.9
-
Professionals%
-
15.8
15.8
16.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.7
6.0
6.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.5
12.1
11.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.0
2.7
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.1
17.0
17.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.7
7.0
6.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.1
11.2
11.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.7
11.0
10.9
-
Not Stated%
-
11.0
9.9
9.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 834
1 841
1 775
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
42.1
45.9
48.0
-
-
Total income$m
47.1
51.9
54.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
22 935
24 933
27 034
-
-
Average total income$
25 697
28 207
30 516
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 773
1 773
1 635
1 623
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
411
450
525
576
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
234
264
276
270
Total businessesno.
-
2 418
2 487
2 436
2 469
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
279
210
231
Employing businessesno.
-
-
129
102
99
Total business entriesno.
-
-
408
312
330
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
375
330
264
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
24
69
Total business exitsno.
-
-
396
354
333
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year