National Regional Profile: Brighton (M) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 605050410   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
780
750
583
516
545
Unemployment rate%
15.4
14.4
10.9
9.4
9.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 071
1 189
1 300
1 302
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 626
4 764
5 009
5 368
-
Taxable income$m
147.8
158.2
175.8
207.0
-
Average taxable income$
31 948
33 216
35 094
38 558
-
Net tax$m
31.1
33.8
37.9
47.6
-
Average net tax$
6 713
7 096
7 575
8 863
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.0
21.4
21.6
23.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 205
4 364
4 578
4 949
-
Wage and salary income $m
124.4
132.9
147.2
165.8
-
Total income $m
130.1
138.8
154.3
173.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 584
30 451
32 158
33 501
-
Average total income$
30 943
31 797
33 695
35 110
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.8
54.2
53.9
53.9
-
Females%
45.2
45.8
46.1
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.1
19.4
18.4
18.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.7
24.5
24.5
24.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.9
25.2
25.1
24.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.5
21.7
22.2
21.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.8
9.1
9.8
10.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.7
6.4
6.2
-
Professionals%
-
8.3
8.0
7.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.2
5.4
5.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
15.3
15.5
15.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.9
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.2
18.3
18.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.1
9.8
10.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.6
11.1
11.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.7
14.7
14.5
-
Not Stated%
-
9.0
9.0
8.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
571
539
534
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
14.9
14.8
15.7
-
-
Total income$m
15.6
15.7
17.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 041
27 464
29 484
-
-
Average total income$
27 407
29 145
31 916
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
324
291
315
294
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
57
81
96
108
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
39
39
42
42
Total businessesno.
-
420
411
453
444
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
54
66
87
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
21
33
Total business entriesno.
-
-
63
87
120
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
81
57
54
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
12
Total business exitsno.
-
-
87
60
66
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year