National Regional Profile: Newcastle (C) - Throsby (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110055905   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 918
2 080
1 922
1 881
1 735
Unemployment rate%
11.5
8.1
7.2
7.0
6.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 974
5 104
5 362
5 235
-
Taxable individualsno.
20 976
21 602
22 045
22 729
-
Taxable income$m
808.4
866.8
937.5
1 004.3
-
Average taxable income$
38 540
40 124
42 527
44 187
-
Net tax$m
192.6
211.3
230.5
246.5
-
Average net tax$
9 184
9 781
10 458
10 845
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.8
24.4
24.6
24.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
19 263
19 759
20 305
20 788
-
Wage and salary income $m
683.4
724.1
779.0
835.6
-
Total income $m
723.2
766.0
822.5
877.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 477
36 645
38 367
40 197
-
Average total income$
37 543
38 769
40 508
42 231
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.8
52.6
52.4
52.6
-
Females%
47.2
47.4
47.6
47.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.6
20.0
20.6
20.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.9
25.7
25.0
24.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.4
23.7
23.5
22.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.9
21.0
20.9
21.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.1
9.6
10.1
10.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.8
6.8
6.9
-
Professionals%
-
21.1
21.4
21.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.4
6.6
6.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.2
10.1
10.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.5
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.1
16.5
16.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.6
5.7
5.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.0
10.2
10.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.5
7.8
7.9
-
Not Stated%
-
13.5
12.4
11.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 511
1 509
1 438
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
49.6
54.8
55.7
-
-
Total income$m
55.5
61.6
61.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
32 863
36 298
38 734
-
-
Average total income$
36 769
40 810
43 073
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 355
2 289
2 067
2 025
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
819
903
996
1 068
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
702
753
852
843
Total businessesno.
-
3 876
3 945
3 915
3 936
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
468
309
306
Employing businessesno.
-
-
210
276
255
Total business entriesno.
-
-
678
585
561
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
507
534
441
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
39
147
Total business exitsno.
-
-
537
573
588
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year