National Regional Profile: Waratah/Wynyard (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA65410   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
521
535
368
370
490
Unemployment rate%
8.8
9.3
6.2
6.0
7.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 551
1 587
1 642
1 655
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 688
4 820
5 058
5 196
-
Taxable income$m
153.8
161.1
179.2
193.3
-
Average taxable income$
32 804
33 413
35 434
37 211
-
Net tax$m
32.2
34.2
38.4
42.0
-
Average net tax$
6 873
7 093
7 600
8 074
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.0
21.2
21.4
21.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 109
4 215
4 455
4 637
-
Wage and salary income $m
125.5
134.0
147.1
156.6
-
Total income $m
132.5
140.2
154.6
165.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 534
31 800
33 009
33 772
-
Average total income$
32 245
33 262
34 711
35 652
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.1
56.1
55.8
55.5
-
Females%
43.9
43.9
44.2
44.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.0
16.7
17.6
18.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.7
20.1
19.0
18.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
28.9
28.2
27.8
26.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.9
23.8
23.6
24.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.5
11.2
12.0
12.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.4
5.8
5.7
-
Professionals%
-
14.1
13.6
13.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.2
5.2
5.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.9
14.4
14.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.4
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.9
15.9
15.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
11.3
11.3
11.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.0
9.6
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.3
15.7
16.3
-
Not Stated%
-
6.6
7.1
6.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
660
627
611
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
18.1
15.6
17.1
-
-
Total income$m
19.4
16.6
18.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 420
24 933
28 009
-
-
Average total income$
29 384
26 494
29 909
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
561
522
528
537
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
162
195
207
222
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
132
144
159
156
Total businessesno.
-
855
861
894
915
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
81
90
84
Employing businessesno.
-
-
33
24
54
Total business entriesno.
-
-
114
114
138
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
78
90
63
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
12
45
Total business exitsno.
-
-
81
102
108
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year