National Regional Profile: Parkes (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA16200   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
407
444
422
395
405
Unemployment rate%
5.8
6.4
6.1
5.6
5.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 654
1 685
1 881
1 851
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 663
5 815
5 737
5 785
-
Taxable income$m
201.6
212.5
211.9
216.8
-
Average taxable income$
35 593
36 539
36 939
37 484
-
Net tax$m
44.1
47.5
47.0
47.2
-
Average net tax$
7 789
8 177
8 198
8 161
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.9
22.4
22.2
21.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 627
4 762
4 845
4 925
-
Wage and salary income $m
151.0
160.5
167.5
174.4
-
Total income $m
158.6
167.3
174.0
181.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 640
33 708
34 566
35 413
-
Average total income$
34 277
35 128
35 913
36 799
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.2
55.3
54.8
54.5
-
Females%
43.8
44.7
45.2
45.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.4
20.2
20.9
21.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.6
22.7
21.9
21.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.0
25.4
25.1
24.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.6
21.2
21.3
21.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.4
10.5
10.9
11.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.9
5.7
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
15.0
14.8
14.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.3
6.6
6.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.4
12.9
13.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.6
2.4
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.8
16.3
16.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.4
9.7
9.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.4
10.7
10.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.3
13.4
13.4
-
Not Stated%
-
7.9
7.4
6.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 419
1 308
1 029
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
49.8
44.2
27.3
-
-
Total income$m
47.5
43.7
30.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 097
33 808
26 489
-
-
Average total income$
33 461
33 419
30 073
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 029
936
855
840
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
348
366
429
432
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
294
327
348
351
Total businessesno.
-
1 671
1 629
1 632
1 623
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
120
84
123
Employing businessesno.
-
-
57
81
99
Total business entriesno.
-
-
177
165
222
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
186
144
138
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
18
72
Total business exitsno.
-
-
204
162
210
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year