National Regional Profile: South East (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 425   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 647
1 393
1 226
1 072
1 282
Unemployment rate%
4.8
4.1
3.6
3.2
3.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
6 757
6 956
7 286
7 441
-
Taxable individualsno.
28 925
29 345
29 785
29 992
-
Taxable income$m
1 019.1
1 071.3
1 127.6
1 174.8
-
Average taxable income$
35 231
36 505
37 857
39 170
-
Net tax$m
221.8
240.2
253.1
264.4
-
Average net tax$
7 667
8 186
8 498
8 817
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.8
22.4
22.4
22.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
23 799
24 331
24 690
25 048
-
Wage and salary income $m
723.4
766.1
814.6
851.4
-
Total income $m
757.9
801.3
854.1
892.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 396
31 488
32 993
33 989
-
Average total income$
31 844
32 932
34 592
35 633
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.1
55.9
55.6
55.1
-
Females%
43.9
44.1
44.4
44.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.2
21.1
21.1
20.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.3
22.6
22.0
21.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.1
24.7
24.3
24.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.9
21.4
21.6
22.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.5
10.3
11.1
11.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.7
6.7
6.7
-
Professionals%
-
11.1
11.1
11.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.5
4.7
4.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.0
12.1
12.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.5
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.5
14.5
14.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.1
9.1
9.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.6
9.8
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
24.5
24.1
23.9
-
Not Stated%
-
6.5
6.3
6.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
6 402
6 076
5 777
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
265.3
250.6
229.4
-
-
Total income$m
268.5
257.2
243.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
41 445
41 242
39 707
-
-
Average total income$
41 945
42 324
42 211
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 152
3 990
3 870
3 798
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 461
1 545
1 656
1 695
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 395
1 545
1 629
1 614
Total businessesno.
-
7 008
7 080
7 155
7 107
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
528
528
513
Employing businessesno.
-
-
330
324
309
Total business entriesno.
-
-
858
852
822
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
603
612
546
Employing businessesno.
-
-
69
75
306
Total business exitsno.
-
-
672
687
852
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year