National Regional Profile: South Eastern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 145   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
6 802
5 163
4 376
4 439
3 962
Unemployment rate%
7.4
5.2
4.5
4.6
4.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
21 098
21 656
23 001
23 732
-
Taxable individualsno.
79 120
82 195
84 545
86 001
-
Taxable income$m
2 856.6
3 088.3
3 350.1
3 561.8
-
Average taxable income$
36 105
37 573
39 625
41 415
-
Net tax$m
642.7
716.2
781.0
828.4
-
Average net tax$
8 124
8 713
9 238
9 632
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.5
23.2
23.3
23.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
65 478
68 025
69 664
71 712
-
Wage and salary income $m
2 147.0
2 332.3
2 498.0
2 700.8
-
Total income $m
2 271.1
2 455.6
2 641.1
2 842.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 790
34 286
35 858
37 661
-
Average total income$
34 685
36 099
37 912
39 637
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.6
52.4
52.0
51.8
-
Females%
47.4
47.6
48.0
48.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.0
18.0
18.2
18.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.1
20.7
20.2
19.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.8
25.3
25.1
24.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.3
23.5
23.6
23.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.8
12.4
12.9
13.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.9
7.0
7.0
-
Professionals%
-
15.0
15.0
15.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.9
7.0
7.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.4
10.3
10.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.3
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.0
17.3
17.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.5
6.6
6.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.7
9.9
10.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.0
10.9
10.7
-
Not Stated%
-
14.2
13.5
12.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
13 956
13 253
12 454
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
413.6
399.7
380.2
-
-
Total income$m
445.8
436.7
430.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 636
30 156
30 531
-
-
Average total income$
31 943
32 952
34 533
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
12 258
11 895
11 193
11 031
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
3 981
4 428
4 929
5 127
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 934
3 171
3 453
3 501
Total businessesno.
-
19 173
19 494
19 575
19 659
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 944
1 608
1 557
Employing businessesno.
-
-
768
975
1 044
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 712
2 583
2 601
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 415
2 472
1 722
Employing businessesno.
-
-
171
231
852
Total business exitsno.
-
-
2 586
2 703
2 574
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year