National Regional Profile: Newtown (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210052755   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
243
297
289
339
303
Unemployment rate%
4.5
5.6
5.8
6.4
5.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 053
1 075
1 127
1 081
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 993
5 120
5 090
5 243
-
Taxable income$m
221.0
238.5
254.1
267.8
-
Average taxable income$
44 269
46 580
49 924
51 082
-
Net tax$m
58.5
65.0
70.3
72.7
-
Average net tax$
11 723
12 688
13 812
13 860
-
Average net tax ratio%
26.5
27.2
27.7
27.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 064
4 180
4 090
4 190
-
Wage and salary income $m
158.5
169.5
171.5
182.3
-
Total income $m
168.7
180.9
182.1
196.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
39 004
40 547
41 940
43 507
-
Average total income$
41 518
43 288
44 529
46 812
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.6
50.9
50.4
50.6
-
Females%
48.4
49.1
49.6
49.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.3
19.8
20.2
19.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.6
24.5
23.2
22.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.9
23.2
22.2
22.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.6
22.2
23.0
23.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.5
10.2
11.3
12.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
11.6
11.7
11.4
-
Professionals%
-
26.2
26.7
27.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.5
8.0
7.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.4
8.6
8.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.2
3.0
3.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.4
14.9
16.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
3.6
4.0
3.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.9
9.2
9.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
6.1
5.7
5.9
-
Not Stated%
-
9.0
8.2
7.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
498
470
436
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
20.8
19.6
21.9
-
-
Total income$m
24.3
23.1
28.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
41 832
41 667
50 205
-
-
Average total income$
48 868
49 205
65 986
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
603
579
546
552
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
177
180
210
213
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
102
114
129
135
Total businessesno.
-
882
873
885
900
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
135
87
90
Employing businessesno.
-
-
27
42
48
Total business entriesno.
-
-
162
129
138
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
105
141
99
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
12
21
Total business exitsno.
-
-
108
153
120
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year