National Regional Profile: Mid-North Coast (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 125   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
9 055
11 106
10 552
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
7.3
9.4
8.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
36 243
36 865
38 385
39 188
-
Taxable individualsno.
94 545
98 992
103 015
105 121
-
Taxable income$m
2 996.6
3 294.8
3 623.3
3 825.1
-
Average taxable income$
31 695
33 283
35 173
36 387
-
Net tax$m
615.6
701.9
775.8
812.4
-
Average net tax$
6 511
7 090
7 531
7 729
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.5
21.3
21.4
21.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
77 423
80 524
83 615
85 955
-
Wage and salary income $m
2 246.8
2 436.5
2 644.2
2 809.2
-
Total income $m
2 383.8
2 585.5
2 824.3
2 976.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 021
30 257
31 623
32 682
-
Average total income$
30 790
32 108
33 777
34 625
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.0
51.6
51.6
51.5
-
Females%
48.0
48.4
48.4
48.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.8
17.8
18.2
18.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
18.8
18.6
18.3
17.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.2
25.5
24.7
23.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
25.5
25.8
25.8
26.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.7
12.3
13.0
13.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.8
6.7
6.7
-
Professionals%
-
16.5
16.5
16.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.5
6.6
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.4
10.6
10.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.6
2.4
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.5
17.7
18.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.2
6.4
6.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.6
11.9
12.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.1
11.2
11.3
-
Not Stated%
-
10.8
9.9
9.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
16 220
16 092
15 628
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
383.1
402.6
425.0
-
-
Total income$m
425.7
452.6
478.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 620
25 018
27 197
-
-
Average total income$
26 248
28 122
30 604
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
16 293
15 717
14 757
14 580
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
4 326
4 872
5 565
5 814
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
3 099
3 567
3 822
3 789
Total businessesno.
-
23 718
24 156
24 144
24 183
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 472
2 232
2 127
Employing businessesno.
-
-
1 143
1 140
1 092
Total business entriesno.
-
-
3 615
3 372
3 219
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3 177
3 192
2 316
Employing businessesno.
-
-
153
225
915
Total business exitsno.
-
-
3 330
3 417
3 231
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year