National Regional Profile: Forrest (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 805352789   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
38
41
40
30
33
Unemployment rate%
5.8
6.1
6.0
4.4
4.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
112
104
118
119
-
Taxable individualsno.
687
711
772
845
-
Taxable income$m
47.2
48.5
56.4
65.6
-
Average taxable income$
68 632
68 212
73 083
77 647
-
Net tax$m
15.3
15.6
18.4
21.2
-
Average net tax$
22 220
21 989
23 817
25 089
-
Average net tax ratio%
32.4
32.2
32.6
32.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
528
534
585
628
-
Wage and salary income $m
27.9
30.1
34.5
39.9
-
Total income $m
33.4
32.7
37.6
43.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
52 761
56 342
59 004
63 503
-
Average total income$
63 154
61 187
64 251
69 258
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.7
50.1
51.2
50.1
-
Females%
49.3
49.9
48.8
49.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.6
17.8
17.4
17.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.7
22.9
23.5
22.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
21.4
20.8
20.5
20.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.1
24.6
23.2
24.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
13.1
13.9
15.4
14.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
11.0
10.7
10.6
-
Professionals%
-
28.6
28.6
29.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.7
7.2
7.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
2.0
2.8
2.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.2
2.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.5
15.8
15.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
0.9
0.9
0.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
5.2
5.0
5.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
2.1
1.5
2.4
-
Not Stated%
-
24.6
25.3
24.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
49
46
47
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
4.7
4.8
5.2
-
-
Total income$m
5.8
5.6
5.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
96 056
104 080
110 286
-
-
Average total income$
117 861
121 150
125 217
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
174
180
168
186
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
45
51
51
63
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
21
21
24
24
Total businessesno.
-
240
252
243
273
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
36
30
39
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
9
15
Total business entriesno.
-
-
39
39
54
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
18
45
15
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
0
Total business exitsno.
-
-
18
48
15
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year