National Regional Profile: Wollongong (C) - Inner (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 115058451   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
3 410
4 633
4 037
3 165
4 095
Unemployment rate%
7.3
10.4
9.0
6.7
8.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
9 122
9 339
9 748
9 658
-
Taxable individualsno.
37 782
38 690
39 268
40 221
-
Taxable income$m
1 509.3
1 607.9
1 722.1
1 829.0
-
Average taxable income$
39 947
41 558
43 855
45 473
-
Net tax$m
366.5
400.4
430.6
454.6
-
Average net tax$
9 700
10 350
10 965
11 303
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.3
24.9
25.0
24.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
35 544
36 035
36 580
37 220
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 333.5
1 410.0
1 507.8
1 596.8
-
Total income $m
1 406.0
1 484.4
1 578.3
1 664.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
37 516
39 129
41 221
42 901
-
Average total income$
39 557
41 193
43 147
44 717
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.3
55.0
54.9
54.9
-
Females%
44.7
45.0
45.1
45.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.0
19.0
19.1
19.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.0
24.9
24.5
24.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.0
24.4
24.0
23.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.2
21.4
21.7
21.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.9
10.3
10.8
11.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.6
7.7
7.8
-
Professionals%
-
20.1
20.3
20.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.5
6.5
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.4
12.5
12.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.7
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.4
16.5
16.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.0
7.9
8.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.2
9.2
9.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.0
8.0
7.9
-
Not Stated%
-
9.2
8.7
8.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 995
3 029
2 773
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
85.5
92.8
91.3
-
-
Total income$m
92.9
100.9
100.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 563
30 627
32 935
-
-
Average total income$
31 018
33 295
36 150
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 290
4 098
3 747
3 684
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 371
1 629
1 950
1 956
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 092
1 185
1 278
1 314
Total businessesno.
-
6 753
6 912
6 975
6 954
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
822
726
648
Employing businessesno.
-
-
369
432
396
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 191
1 158
1 044
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 074
1 092
696
Employing businessesno.
-
-
81
99
318
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 155
1 191
1 014
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year