National Regional Profile: Richmond Valley (A) Bal (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 120106612   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
557
421
323
413
378
Unemployment rate%
11.9
9.0
6.9
9.3
8.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 209
1 338
1 472
1 492
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 080
3 322
3 546
3 655
-
Taxable income$m
92.2
104.2
119.5
123.6
-
Average taxable income$
29 922
31 384
33 696
33 823
-
Net tax$m
18.1
21.1
24.6
24.8
-
Average net tax$
5 881
6 348
6 950
6 784
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.7
20.2
20.6
20.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 571
2 790
2 988
3 127
-
Wage and salary income $m
71.9
81.7
91.4
97.1
-
Total income $m
74.4
84.4
95.8
101.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 976
29 289
30 580
31 046
-
Average total income$
28 952
30 261
32 068
32 396
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.6
54.8
53.9
53.9
-
Females%
45.4
45.2
46.1
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.5
17.6
17.0
17.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.4
19.4
18.1
17.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.6
25.5
25.3
24.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.8
25.5
26.3
26.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.8
12.1
13.2
13.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.1
5.0
5.0
-
Professionals%
-
14.3
14.4
13.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.6
5.0
5.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.6
11.7
12.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
1.6
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.1
17.4
16.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.6
8.5
8.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.2
9.2
9.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.5
17.5
18.4
-
Not Stated%
-
10.8
9.8
9.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
610
620
619
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
14.0
14.4
14.9
-
-
Total income$m
15.5
16.2
16.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
22 958
23 257
24 132
-
-
Average total income$
25 429
26 200
26 861
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
744
693
684
711
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
135
153
177
180
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
99
111
117
111
Total businessesno.
-
978
957
978
1 002
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
78
105
111
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
54
36
Total business entriesno.
-
-
126
159
147
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
150
111
90
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
12
36
Total business exitsno.
-
-
153
123
126
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year