National Regional Profile: Newcastle (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 11005   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
23 053
16 988
16 202
15 640
14 962
Unemployment rate%
10.2
7.4
6.7
6.5
5.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
49 843
51 591
53 967
53 812
-
Taxable individualsno.
192 174
199 092
204 544
210 462
-
Taxable income$m
7 298.8
7 899.6
8 522.5
9 112.8
-
Average taxable income$
37 980
39 678
41 666
43 299
-
Net tax$m
1 716.6
1 901.2
2 060.6
2 195.0
-
Average net tax$
8 932
9 549
10 074
10 430
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.5
24.1
24.2
24.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
175 871
181 081
186 095
190 895
-
Wage and salary income $m
6 162.1
6 553.4
7 049.2
7 545.9
-
Total income $m
6 513.3
6 960.5
7 451.5
7 921.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 037
36 191
37 880
39 529
-
Average total income$
37 034
38 439
40 041
41 498
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.3
54.0
53.9
53.9
-
Females%
45.7
46.0
46.1
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.4
19.7
20.0
20.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.6
23.4
22.8
22.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.9
24.1
23.8
23.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.3
22.4
22.4
22.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.8
10.4
10.9
11.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.9
6.9
7.1
-
Professionals%
-
17.0
17.2
17.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.2
6.3
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.1
12.2
12.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.6
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.8
16.2
16.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.5
7.5
7.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.4
10.5
10.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.7
8.9
9.0
-
Not Stated%
-
12.6
11.6
10.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
16 305
16 362
15 677
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
465.3
512.5
526.2
-
-
Total income$m
517.7
573.5
585.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 538
31 321
33 562
-
-
Average total income$
31 753
35 052
37 348
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
21 192
20 040
18 501
18 300
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
6 849
7 860
9 126
9 474
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
5 442
6 015
6 567
6 600
Total businessesno.
-
33 483
33 915
34 194
34 374
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
4 209
3 504
3 399
Employing businessesno.
-
-
1 863
2 151
2 049
Total business entriesno.
-
-
6 072
5 655
5 448
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
5 199
5 055
3 702
Employing businessesno.
-
-
279
306
1 638
Total business exitsno.
-
-
5 478
5 361
5 340
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year