|
 |
 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
|
|
|
| Unemployed persons |
no. |
3 057 |
3 045 |
3 025 |
2 594 |
2 709 |
| Unemployment rate |
% |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
|
|
| Non-taxable individuals |
no. |
- |
- |
16 444 |
19 229 |
- |
| Taxable income (non-taxable individuals) |
$m |
- |
- |
109.9 |
149.5 |
- |
| Average taxable income (non-taxable individuals) |
$ |
- |
- |
6 685 |
7 772 |
- |
|
| Taxable individuals |
no. |
- |
- |
79 729 |
78 409 |
- |
| Taxable income (taxable individuals) |
$m |
- |
- |
4 601.1 |
4 947.2 |
- |
| Average taxable income (taxable individuals) |
$ |
- |
- |
57 709 |
63 094 |
- |
|
| Taxable and non-taxable individuals |
no. |
- |
- |
96 173 |
97 638 |
- |
| Taxable income (taxable and non-taxable individuals) |
$m |
- |
- |
4 711.0 |
5 096.6 |
- |
| Average taxable income (taxable and non-taxable individuals) |
$ |
- |
- |
48 985 |
52 199 |
- |
|
|
| Age Pension - Centrelink |
no. |
9 469 |
9 599 |
9 636 |
9 753 |
10 783 |
| Age Pension - DVA |
no. |
39 |
41 |
44 |
38 |
38 |
| Carers Payment |
no. |
173 |
211 |
210 |
223 |
264 |
| Disability Support Pension |
no. |
1 951 |
2 013 |
2 033 |
2 065 |
2 135 |
| Newstart Allowance |
no. |
1 085 |
1 050 |
969 |
981 |
876 |
| Parenting Payment - Single |
no. |
1 204 |
1 220 |
1 116 |
987 |
865 |
| Youth Allowances |
no. |
1 853 |
1 702 |
1 638 |
1 594 |
1 524 |
|
| Newstart Allowance - more than 365 days |
% |
44.4 |
47.9 |
47.6 |
49.0 |
47.5 |
|
|
| Average Wage and salary income |
$ |
46 967 |
48 891 |
50 696 |
52 569 |
- |
| Average Own unincorporated business income |
$ |
19 643 |
19 933 |
20 374 |
21 425 |
- |
| Average Investment Income |
$ |
6 160 |
6 609 |
7 008 |
8 120 |
- |
| Average Superannuation and annuity income |
$ |
23 058 |
24 597 |
26 864 |
28 960 |
- |
| Average other income (excl. Government pensions & allowances) |
$ |
3 518 |
4 555 |
4 148 |
5 203 |
- |
|
| Total income (excl. Government pensions & allowances) |
$m |
4 293.8 |
4 566.5 |
4 790.3 |
5 135.0 |
- |
|
|
| Males |
% |
51.2 |
51.1 |
50.9 |
50.8 |
- |
| Females |
% |
48.8 |
48.9 |
49.1 |
49.2 |
- |
|
|
| Aged 15 years to 24 years |
% |
18.2 |
18.2 |
17.9 |
17.9 |
- |
| Aged 25 years to 34 years |
% |
19.4 |
19.1 |
19.0 |
19.0 |
- |
| Aged 35 years to 44 years |
% |
22.8 |
22.4 |
22.1 |
21.7 |
- |
| Aged 45 years to 54 years |
% |
22.9 |
22.8 |
22.8 |
23.0 |
- |
| Aged 55 years to 64 years |
% |
13.7 |
14.2 |
14.7 |
14.8 |
- |
| Aged 65 years and over |
% |
3.0 |
3.3 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
- |
|
|
| Managers and Administrators |
% |
12.7 |
12.6 |
12.7 |
12.6 |
- |
| Professionals |
% |
27.3 |
27.7 |
28.4 |
28.9 |
- |
| Associate Professionals |
% |
6.6 |
6.7 |
6.8 |
7.3 |
- |
| Tradespersons and Related Workers |
% |
5.9 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
5.6 |
- |
| Advanced Clerical and Service Workers |
% |
4.2 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
3.6 |
- |
| Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers |
% |
16.0 |
16.2 |
16.6 |
16.8 |
- |
| Intermediate Production and Transport Workers |
% |
2.2 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
- |
| Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers |
% |
7.4 |
7.5 |
7.7 |
7.7 |
- |
| Labourers and Related Workers |
% |
4.0 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
- |
| Not Stated |
% |
13.7 |
13.0 |
11.6 |
11.0 |
- |
|
|
| Net worth per household |
$'000 |
776.5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Aggregate household net worth |
$m |
40 828.4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Equivalised net worth |
$'000 |
452.1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Assets per household |
$'000 |
898.7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Liabilities per household |
$'000 |
122.2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Debt to asset ratio |
% |
13.6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
|
| Non-employing businesses |
no. |
9 039 |
8 508 |
8 397 |
8 199 |
- |
| Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employees |
no. |
3 870 |
4 332 |
4 482 |
4 722 |
- |
| Employing businesses: 5 or more employees |
no. |
1 632 |
1 779 |
1 737 |
1 653 |
- |
| Total businesses |
no. |
14 541 |
14 619 |
14 616 |
14 574 |
- |
|
|
| Non-employing business entries |
no. |
1 821 |
1 566 |
1 464 |
1 491 |
- |
| Employing business entries |
no. |
684 |
738 |
702 |
711 |
- |
| Total business entries |
no. |
2 505 |
2 304 |
2 166 |
2 202 |
- |
|
|
| Non-employing business exits |
no. |
2 109 |
2 112 |
1 683 |
1 551 |
- |
| Employing business exits |
no. |
114 |
69 |
564 |
525 |
- |
| Total business exits |
no. |
2 223 |
2 181 |
2 247 |
2 076 |
- |
|
|
|