National Regional Profile: Hastings (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA13750   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
1 578
2 015
1 928
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
5.5
7.5
6.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
8 980
9 090
9 527
9 685
-
Taxable individualsno.
23 403
24 866
26 039
26 616
-
Taxable income$m
777.9
859.8
965.2
1 013.1
-
Average taxable income$
33 240
34 577
37 066
38 063
-
Net tax$m
165.4
188.0
214.3
221.3
-
Average net tax$
7 066
7 559
8 229
8 314
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.3
21.9
22.2
21.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
18 565
19 561
20 543
20 984
-
Wage and salary income $m
555.4
611.2
673.8
711.8
-
Total income $m
594.3
654.3
728.0
756.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 919
31 245
32 801
33 923
-
Average total income$
32 010
33 448
35 437
36 036
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.6
50.5
50.7
50.4
-
Females%
49.4
49.5
49.3
49.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.2
18.1
18.4
18.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.3
19.0
18.9
18.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.9
25.4
24.9
24.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.4
25.0
24.7
24.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.2
12.5
13.1
13.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.4
8.3
7.9
-
Professionals%
-
17.2
17.4
17.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.2
7.2
7.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.3
10.6
10.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.1
2.9
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.6
17.7
18.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.6
5.7
5.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.4
11.6
12.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.3
8.9
8.9
-
Not Stated%
-
10.8
9.5
9.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 883
3 863
3 765
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
97.6
104.9
112.3
-
-
Total income$m
112.1
117.9
125.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 137
27 162
29 816
-
-
Average total income$
28 874
30 526
33 412
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 924
3 840
3 552
3 543
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 107
1 233
1 440
1 536
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
759
867
936
927
Total businessesno.
-
5 790
5 940
5 928
6 006
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
642
558
531
Employing businessesno.
-
-
333
300
297
Total business entriesno.
-
-
975
858
828
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
819
768
636
Employing businessesno.
-
-
42
42
222
Total business exitsno.
-
-
861
810
858
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year