National Regional Profile: Macquarie (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 805105679   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
70
59
51
53
47
Unemployment rate%
4.8
4.3
3.9
4.0
3.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
218
n.p.
223
219
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 285
1 296
1 312
1 314
-
Taxable income$m
57.0
60.1
64.4
69.1
-
Average taxable income$
44 385
46 363
49 078
52 583
-
Net tax$m
14.3
15.5
16.7
18.2
-
Average net tax$
11 162
12 002
12 749
13 827
-
Average net tax ratio%
25.1
25.9
26.0
26.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 058
1 046
1 059
1 051
-
Wage and salary income $m
43.4
44.8
47.6
50.7
-
Total income $m
46.5
47.8
51.0
54.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
40 998
42 834
44 932
48 235
-
Average total income$
43 908
45 724
48 149
51 408
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
49.5
48.6
49.1
49.4
-
Females%
50.5
51.4
50.9
50.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.6
18.1
17.8
17.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.7
24.1
24.8
24.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
21.6
21.5
21.4
22.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.1
21.8
21.0
20.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
14.1
14.4
15.0
15.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.9
5.8
5.6
-
Professionals%
-
27.4
27.8
28.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.5
7.0
6.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
3.8
3.6
4.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.4
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.4
16.1
16.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
1.4
2.0
1.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.4
7.2
6.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
2.8
2.8
3.1
-
Not Stated%
-
27.4
26.4
25.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
75
75
n.p.
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
2.7
2.6
n.p.
-
-
Total income$m
3.2
3.0
n.p.
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
36 031
34 342
n.p.
-
-
Average total income$
42 695
40 654
n.p.
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
117
105
84
87
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
51
54
66
72
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
24
27
27
30
Total businessesno.
-
192
186
177
189
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
27
21
9
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
9
18
Total business entriesno.
-
-
42
30
27
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
30
39
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
12
Total business exitsno.
-
-
30
42
33
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year