National Regional Profile: Kempsey (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA14350   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
Unemployment rate%
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
n.p.
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 314
3 415
3 611
3 741
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 555
8 941
9 233
9 375
-
Taxable income$m
259.6
284.6
308.7
327.0
-
Average taxable income$
30 342
31 829
33 430
34 885
-
Net tax$m
51.6
58.8
63.4
67.5
-
Average net tax$
6 034
6 582
6 872
7 195
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.9
20.7
20.6
20.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 135
7 328
7 603
7 875
-
Wage and salary income $m
201.9
217.1
234.4
249.4
-
Total income $m
212.6
227.7
247.5
263.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 303
29 627
30 832
31 670
-
Average total income$
29 795
31 072
32 553
33 401
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.8
52.3
52.3
52.7
-
Females%
47.2
47.7
47.7
47.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.0
17.2
17.7
18.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
18.4
18.4
17.8
17.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.0
25.2
24.4
24.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
26.5
26.5
26.6
26.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.1
12.7
13.5
14.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.7
5.5
5.7
-
Professionals%
-
15.1
15.0
15.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.9
5.7
5.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.0
12.6
12.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
1.9
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.9
18.5
18.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.6
8.0
8.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.9
12.4
12.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.3
12.4
12.5
-
Not Stated%
-
8.4
8.1
7.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 491
1 527
1 514
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
33.1
36.2
38.8
-
-
Total income$m
36.1
41.2
43.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
22 195
23 698
25 597
-
-
Average total income$
24 234
26 964
28 673
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 659
1 641
1 575
1 503
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
384
435
495
543
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
285
309
327
312
Total businessesno.
-
2 328
2 385
2 397
2 358
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
276
246
180
Employing businessesno.
-
-
57
72
93
Total business entriesno.
-
-
333
318
273
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
309
285
222
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
6
78
Total business exitsno.
-
-
327
291
300
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year