National Regional Profile: Cessnock (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA11720   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 555
1 880
1 826
1 811
1 767
Unemployment rate%
12.5
9.2
8.6
8.6
8.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 162
4 338
4 544
4 575
-
Taxable individualsno.
15 690
16 179
16 562
16 886
-
Taxable income$m
581.8
631.4
669.1
687.9
-
Average taxable income$
37 084
39 026
40 399
40 741
-
Net tax$m
136.8
150.9
160.4
160.8
-
Average net tax$
8 719
9 328
9 687
9 520
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.5
23.9
24.0
23.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
14 976
15 386
15 591
15 958
-
Wage and salary income $m
530.2
553.3
582.1
615.8
-
Total income $m
552.5
590.7
612.9
637.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 404
35 961
37 335
38 590
-
Average total income$
36 896
38 392
39 312
39 973
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.3
57.0
56.7
56.7
-
Females%
42.7
43.0
43.3
43.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.5
20.3
20.4
20.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.5
22.7
22.1
21.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.5
24.4
23.9
23.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.1
23.4
23.7
23.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.5
9.3
9.9
10.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
4.6
4.8
4.8
-
Professionals%
-
10.4
10.3
10.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.0
5.1
5.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
15.2
15.3
15.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.9
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.4
15.6
15.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
13.4
13.1
13.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.4
10.5
10.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.1
14.2
14.1
-
Not Stated%
-
9.7
9.1
8.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 289
1 286
1 290
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
29.8
32.0
36.5
-
-
Total income$m
33.1
35.6
40.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 155
24 849
28 283
-
-
Average total income$
25 651
27 671
31 227
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 668
1 626
1 467
1 389
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
519
594
720
744
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
348
393
435
453
Total businessesno.
-
2 535
2 613
2 622
2 586
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
351
210
249
Employing businessesno.
-
-
123
171
165
Total business entriesno.
-
-
474
381
414
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
432
408
258
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
18
141
Total business exitsno.
-
-
447
426
399
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year