National Regional Profile: Rapid Creek (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 705051098   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
82
60
59
62
57
Unemployment rate%
3.6
2.8
2.8
3.0
2.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
272
286
273
55
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 529
1 550
1 554
414
-
Taxable income$m
60.3
63.2
67.4
21.8
-
Average taxable income$
39 451
40 793
43 357
52 669
-
Net tax$m
13.7
14.6
15.8
5.7
-
Average net tax$
8 946
9 420
10 163
13 746
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.7
23.1
23.4
26.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 452
1 467
1 453
1 506
-
Wage and salary income $m
54.4
56.9
59.1
64.6
-
Total income $m
56.5
58.7
61.5
67.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
37 477
38 777
40 660
42 914
-
Average total income$
38 887
40 043
42 331
44 675
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.2
51.0
51.2
51.1
-
Females%
48.8
49.0
48.8
48.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.0
18.1
18.0
18.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.4
26.5
25.4
25.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.6
23.7
23.5
23.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.2
21.5
21.5
20.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.8
10.2
11.5
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.4
8.5
8.5
-
Professionals%
-
22.5
23.2
22.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.4
8.3
8.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.0
8.6
9.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.1
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.5
18.4
18.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.7
5.2
5.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.5
9.9
9.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
6.2
6.2
7.1
-
Not Stated%
-
10.4
9.6
9.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
155
147
133
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
4.0
4.2
4.2
-
-
Total income$m
4.4
4.6
4.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 042
28 696
31 432
-
-
Average total income$
28 213
31 407
34 585
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
117
126
111
111
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
9
15
12
15
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
9
9
9
6
Total businessesno.
-
135
150
132
132
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
33
24
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
12
0
Total business entriesno.
-
-
39
36
21
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
30
48
27
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
6
Total business exitsno.
-
-
30
51
33
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year