National Regional Profile: Runcorn (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305111503   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
506
430
432
330
346
Unemployment rate%
8.4
6.1
5.9
4.4
4.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 492
1 546
1 513
1 488
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 478
5 660
5 786
5 939
-
Taxable income$m
187.9
201.2
217.5
233.7
-
Average taxable income$
34 308
35 560
37 589
39 350
-
Net tax$m
42.3
45.9
50.1
53.7
-
Average net tax$
7 723
8 119
8 658
9 044
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.5
22.8
23.0
23.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 136
5 302
5 334
5 505
-
Wage and salary income $m
165.8
175.4
187.5
200.7
-
Total income $m
172.7
183.5
196.7
210.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 283
33 090
35 160
36 457
-
Average total income$
33 632
34 603
36 874
38 189
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.8
51.8
52.4
52.0
-
Females%
48.2
48.2
47.6
48.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.8
22.5
21.8
22.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.2
24.9
25.6
25.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
21.8
21.7
21.4
20.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.3
21.2
21.2
20.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.9
9.7
10.1
10.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.7
8.1
7.8
-
Professionals%
-
18.4
18.9
18.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.8
7.4
7.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.4
8.0
7.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.9
2.9
2.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.1
19.3
19.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.5
5.4
6.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.0
10.7
10.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.8
8.0
8.4
-
Not Stated%
-
11.4
11.4
10.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
458
462
450
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
11.6
13.4
13.6
-
-
Total income$m
12.8
15.0
15.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 317
29 098
30 181
-
-
Average total income$
28 044
32 373
34 214
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
453
477
468
477
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
105
153
180
216
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
45
60
72
72
Total businessesno.
-
603
690
720
765
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
150
138
105
Employing businessesno.
-
-
36
45
60
Total business entriesno.
-
-
186
183
165
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
126
123
105
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
12
24
Total business exitsno.
-
-
126
135
129
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year