National Regional Profile: Sydney (C) - South (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105057205   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 732
1 542
1 395
1 415
1 475
Unemployment rate%
6.7
6.0
5.3
5.4
5.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 949
3 121
3 481
3 642
-
Taxable individualsno.
21 545
21 963
23 764
25 416
-
Taxable income$m
1 051.7
1 085.1
1 220.3
1 379.7
-
Average taxable income$
48 812
49 408
51 350
54 286
-
Net tax$m
298.6
306.5
343.0
390.2
-
Average net tax$
13 859
13 953
14 433
15 354
-
Average net tax ratio%
28.4
28.2
28.1
28.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
20 765
20 964
22 757
24 376
-
Wage and salary income $m
919.2
965.0
1 082.5
1 229.1
-
Total income $m
959.6
1 005.6
1 121.2
1 265.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
44 265
46 033
47 568
50 424
-
Average total income$
46 213
47 969
49 268
51 923
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.3
55.3
55.1
55.1
-
Females%
44.7
44.7
44.9
44.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
15.8
15.2
15.7
15.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
44.0
43.6
43.4
43.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.3
22.9
22.9
22.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
11.7
12.1
11.8
11.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.2
6.2
6.2
6.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
12.9
12.7
12.8
-
Professionals%
-
27.1
27.2
28.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.7
7.8
8.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
4.7
4.6
4.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.4
3.4
3.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.6
16.0
16.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.6
2.8
2.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.3
6.6
6.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
5.1
5.3
5.0
-
Not Stated%
-
14.6
13.6
12.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 638
1 672
1 657
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
73.5
70.4
76.9
-
-
Total income$m
84.4
78.4
85.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
44 878
42 118
46 409
-
-
Average total income$
51 507
46 906
51 556
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 209
4 062
3 771
3 885
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 077
1 248
1 560
1 704
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 299
1 395
1 431
1 407
Total businessesno.
-
6 585
6 705
6 762
6 996
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
882
762
819
Employing businessesno.
-
-
378
450
399
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 260
1 212
1 218
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 038
1 062
756
Employing businessesno.
-
-
51
117
279
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 089
1 179
1 035
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year