National Regional Profile: Preston (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 51010   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
1 053
773
681
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.2
4.4
3.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 797
3 806
4 111
4 061
-
Taxable individualsno.
12 978
12 741
13 651
14 212
-
Taxable income$m
483.3
497.4
560.7
616.6
-
Average taxable income$
37 242
39 040
41 072
43 383
-
Net tax$m
112.0
118.9
134.3
148.2
-
Average net tax$
8 632
9 332
9 838
10 427
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.2
23.9
24.0
24.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
11 353
11 437
11 787
12 415
-
Wage and salary income $m
386.7
410.9
447.9
493.9
-
Total income $m
403.4
426.2
466.2
514.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 063
35 924
37 998
39 786
-
Average total income$
35 529
37 266
39 549
41 428
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.2
58.5
58.2
57.8
-
Females%
41.8
41.5
41.8
42.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.5
18.7
18.3
18.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.3
19.4
18.5
18.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.4
27.2
27.0
26.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.4
24.5
25.2
24.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.4
10.4
10.9
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.6
5.2
5.4
-
Professionals%
-
12.2
12.1
11.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.3
5.4
5.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
15.7
15.9
15.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.5
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.2
12.6
13.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
13.8
13.9
14.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.5
7.5
7.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.6
17.2
17.7
-
Not Stated%
-
8.5
8.7
8.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 293
2 171
2 102
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
69.3
66.4
65.0
-
-
Total income$m
75.7
71.8
72.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 239
30 574
30 926
-
-
Average total income$
32 992
33 070
34 308
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 007
1 884
1 875
1 998
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
510
564
609
630
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
468
477
531
552
Total businessesno.
-
2 985
2 925
3 015
3 180
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
261
336
351
Employing businessesno.
-
-
99
141
123
Total business entriesno.
-
-
360
477
474
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
384
408
261
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
39
132
Total business exitsno.
-
-
408
447
393
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year