National Regional Profile: Blackwood (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 51020   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
463
518
461
368
365
Unemployment rate%
4.5
5.3
5.0
3.8
3.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 256
2 240
2 332
2 382
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 238
7 241
7 297
7 324
-
Taxable income$m
231.8
243.6
257.4
266.7
-
Average taxable income$
32 027
33 638
35 275
36 416
-
Net tax$m
48.0
51.4
55.0
57.1
-
Average net tax$
6 630
7 099
7 541
7 795
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.7
21.1
21.4
21.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 816
5 742
5 839
5 935
-
Wage and salary income $m
164.0
168.8
178.5
193.5
-
Total income $m
172.6
176.7
187.7
203.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 203
29 401
30 565
32 600
-
Average total income$
29 684
30 766
32 151
34 331
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.2
54.6
54.4
54.5
-
Females%
44.8
45.4
45.6
45.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.0
18.5
18.6
19.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.7
18.9
18.7
18.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.6
26.0
25.3
23.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.7
23.4
23.6
24.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.0
13.3
13.8
14.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.2
6.3
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
14.6
14.7
14.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.2
4.9
5.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.9
10.1
10.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.7
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.4
12.5
12.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.8
9.8
9.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.9
8.9
8.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
23.2
23.6
24.0
-
Not Stated%
-
7.8
7.5
7.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 825
1 782
1 648
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
52.4
56.3
51.1
-
-
Total income$m
53.2
58.4
55.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 691
31 572
31 022
-
-
Average total income$
29 176
32 773
33 919
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 395
1 335
1 281
1 251
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
354
366
402
384
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
366
384
405
429
Total businessesno.
-
2 115
2 085
2 088
2 064
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
156
150
171
Employing businessesno.
-
-
57
75
93
Total business entriesno.
-
-
213
225
264
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
228
192
195
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
30
93
Total business exitsno.
-
-
240
222
288
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year