National Regional Profile: Central Coast (M) - Pt A (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 620050811   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
771
799
558
518
670
Unemployment rate%
10.3
10.7
7.3
6.5
7.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 928
1 992
2 113
2 076
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 632
6 849
7 140
7 382
-
Taxable income$m
213.4
232.5
257.6
276.4
-
Average taxable income$
32 183
33 954
36 077
37 446
-
Net tax$m
44.5
50.1
56.4
60.7
-
Average net tax$
6 704
7 315
7 898
8 218
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.8
21.5
21.9
21.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 829
6 064
6 367
6 553
-
Wage and salary income $m
178.1
192.9
209.3
222.5
-
Total income $m
186.8
203.3
222.8
235.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 561
31 810
32 865
33 959
-
Average total income$
32 043
33 523
34 986
35 914
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.9
55.1
55.0
54.5
-
Females%
45.1
44.9
45.0
45.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.9
18.1
18.8
19.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.2
20.2
19.2
18.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.8
27.0
26.6
25.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.7
23.7
24.1
25.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.3
10.9
11.4
12.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.7
6.5
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
14.5
14.0
14.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.9
6.2
5.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.5
13.4
13.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.4
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.1
16.2
16.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.2
9.4
9.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.7
9.9
9.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.4
17.0
16.7
-
Not Stated%
-
6.2
6.0
6.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
880
852
838
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
23.3
23.9
25.3
-
-
Total income$m
24.8
25.6
27.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 429
28 021
30 171
-
-
Average total income$
28 221
29 989
32 795
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
645
651
636
651
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
150
183
255
276
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
183
198
219
222
Total businessesno.
-
978
1 032
1 110
1 149
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
93
105
75
Employing businessesno.
-
-
51
51
54
Total business entriesno.
-
-
144
156
129
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
135
132
105
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
12
42
Total business exitsno.
-
-
144
144
147
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year