National Regional Profile: Shoalhaven (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA16950   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
2 925
4 233
3 517
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
8.9
12.1
10.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
10 332
10 579
11 069
11 391
-
Taxable individualsno.
30 507
32 043
33 145
33 736
-
Taxable income$m
1 036.1
1 140.1
1 238.4
1 306.2
-
Average taxable income$
33 964
35 580
37 362
38 717
-
Net tax$m
222.5
253.2
276.7
288.2
-
Average net tax$
7 293
7 901
8 348
8 544
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.5
22.2
22.3
22.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
24 836
25 936
26 789
27 467
-
Wage and salary income $m
775.5
838.5
906.5
965.5
-
Total income $m
829.7
895.7
969.1
1 028.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 224
32 328
33 840
35 153
-
Average total income$
33 409
34 536
36 175
37 448
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.9
53.5
53.5
53.1
-
Females%
46.1
46.5
46.5
46.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.9
19.0
19.2
19.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.4
20.5
19.9
19.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.9
25.0
24.3
23.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.6
23.8
24.3
25.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.2
11.8
12.2
13.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.6
6.8
6.7
-
Professionals%
-
15.6
15.6
15.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.1
7.3
7.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.4
12.4
12.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.9
2.8
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.6
16.6
16.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.0
7.0
6.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.8
10.9
11.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.6
9.5
9.7
-
Not Stated%
-
11.4
11.2
10.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
4 780
4 871
4 615
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
124.4
132.0
133.4
-
-
Total income$m
136.3
144.9
147.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 030
27 095
28 908
-
-
Average total income$
28 508
29 749
31 969
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 248
4 011
3 567
3 561
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 545
1 761
1 998
2 031
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 035
1 164
1 245
1 248
Total businessesno.
-
6 828
6 936
6 810
6 840
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
774
651
624
Employing businessesno.
-
-
402
351
384
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 176
1 002
1 008
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
969
1 038
621
Employing businessesno.
-
-
63
84
348
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 032
1 122
969
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year