National Regional Profile: Stafford (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305031533   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
187
151
142
135
113
Unemployment rate%
6.3
5.1
4.7
4.1
3.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
597
582
594
585
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 676
2 661
2 673
2 731
-
Taxable income$m
99.8
103.0
109.4
117.8
-
Average taxable income$
37 290
38 718
40 931
43 142
-
Net tax$m
23.0
24.2
25.9
28.1
-
Average net tax$
8 578
9 105
9 688
10 277
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.0
23.5
23.7
23.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 439
2 404
2 421
2 477
-
Wage and salary income $m
85.7
87.3
92.0
99.0
-
Total income $m
90.3
91.8
96.9
104.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 143
36 304
37 998
39 966
-
Average total income$
37 010
38 183
40 012
42 090
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.6
50.4
50.6
50.6
-
Females%
49.4
49.6
49.4
49.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.1
18.9
19.3
19.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.7
27.5
27.1
26.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.0
22.6
23.2
23.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.1
19.7
19.0
18.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.0
11.2
11.4
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.8
8.2
8.4
-
Professionals%
-
20.7
20.7
20.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.2
7.0
7.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.8
8.7
8.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.3
3.1
2.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.4
20.0
20.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.0
4.0
4.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.9
10.3
9.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
5.3
5.2
5.6
-
Not Stated%
-
12.5
12.6
11.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
229
219
207
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
6.2
6.4
6.8
-
-
Total income$m
7.0
7.4
7.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 121
29 381
32 817
-
-
Average total income$
30 351
33 806
37 196
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
405
390
348
351
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
111
135
165
168
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
144
174
183
171
Total businessesno.
-
660
699
696
690
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
66
78
42
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
33
36
Total business entriesno.
-
-
114
111
78
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
78
66
75
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
27
Total business exitsno.
-
-
81
66
102
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year