National Regional Profile: Port Stephens (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA16400   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 547
1 573
1 684
1 640
1 641
Unemployment rate%
6.4
6.1
6.2
6.0
5.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
7 035
7 268
7 699
7 788
-
Taxable individualsno.
22 860
23 960
24 763
25 387
-
Taxable income$m
836.0
922.9
996.0
1 058.2
-
Average taxable income$
36 572
38 520
40 220
41 684
-
Net tax$m
189.9
216.4
232.4
245.7
-
Average net tax$
8 305
9 033
9 386
9 678
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.7
23.5
23.3
23.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
19 706
20 515
21 149
21 681
-
Wage and salary income $m
654.4
703.4
757.6
810.8
-
Total income $m
695.9
753.2
808.1
856.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 207
34 286
35 820
37 399
-
Average total income$
35 312
36 716
38 210
39 518
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.3
54.9
54.7
54.6
-
Females%
44.7
45.1
45.3
45.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.1
19.6
19.9
20.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.3
21.7
20.9
20.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.9
25.2
24.9
24.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.0
22.2
22.4
22.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.7
11.3
11.8
12.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.4
7.4
7.4
-
Professionals%
-
12.8
13.0
13.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
6.7
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.5
12.6
13.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.6
2.4
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.6
15.9
16.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.5
7.5
7.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.6
11.0
11.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.0
9.0
9.0
-
Not Stated%
-
15.5
14.5
13.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 801
2 753
2 608
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
71.4
77.1
77.7
-
-
Total income$m
80.1
85.9
88.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 475
27 998
29 777
-
-
Average total income$
28 595
31 187
33 846
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 033
2 793
2 493
2 469
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
828
882
1 041
1 077
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
594
693
759
783
Total businessesno.
-
4 455
4 368
4 293
4 329
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
489
447
513
Employing businessesno.
-
-
234
273
252
Total business entriesno.
-
-
723
720
765
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
738
672
546
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
48
225
Total business exitsno.
-
-
786
720
771
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year