National Regional Profile: Blacktown (C) - South-East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105530752   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
3 298
2 839
2 600
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.9
6.1
5.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
7 123
7 367
7 854
8 098
-
Taxable individualsno.
39 671
39 926
40 176
40 801
-
Taxable income$m
1 451.2
1 500.9
1 580.6
1 655.7
-
Average taxable income$
36 582
37 593
39 343
40 580
-
Net tax$m
328.0
344.5
362.0
376.4
-
Average net tax$
8 269
8 629
9 010
9 224
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.6
23.0
22.9
22.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
39 073
39 098
39 339
39 987
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 375.2
1 425.3
1 504.6
1 590.0
-
Total income $m
1 414.3
1 457.5
1 533.0
1 608.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 195
36 454
38 247
39 762
-
Average total income$
36 197
37 279
38 969
40 215
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.1
54.2
54.2
54.6
-
Females%
45.9
45.8
45.8
45.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.2
19.9
19.6
19.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.9
25.0
25.1
25.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.7
23.0
22.5
22.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.5
21.7
21.7
21.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.7
10.4
11.1
11.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.2
6.2
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
14.1
14.4
14.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.9
6.1
6.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.6
10.4
10.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.0
2.8
2.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.5
18.9
19.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.5
9.9
9.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.3
9.2
9.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.3
10.5
10.8
-
Not Stated%
-
12.5
11.6
11.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 956
2 938
2 813
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
68.2
68.9
68.8
-
-
Total income$m
74.0
74.3
73.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 060
23 462
24 441
-
-
Average total income$
25 020
25 282
26 275
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 566
4 407
4 020
3 921
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 233
1 425
1 734
1 875
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 098
1 179
1 272
1 278
Total businessesno.
-
6 897
7 011
7 026
7 074
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 020
879
717
Employing businessesno.
-
-
369
450
387
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 389
1 329
1 104
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 173
1 212
816
Employing businessesno.
-
-
69
66
339
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 242
1 278
1 155
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year