National Regional Profile: Kingston (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305304612   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 421
1 323
1 218
859
949
Unemployment rate%
22.6
23.5
21.4
14.9
16.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 077
1 055
1 146
1 178
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 037
3 845
4 038
4 169
-
Taxable income$m
114.7
113.1
124.6
133.3
-
Average taxable income$
28 406
29 419
30 867
31 973
-
Net tax$m
21.5
21.8
24.0
25.6
-
Average net tax$
5 330
5 673
5 933
6 141
-
Average net tax ratio%
18.8
19.3
19.2
19.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 944
3 700
3 926
4 122
-
Wage and salary income $m
106.8
104.5
115.6
125.3
-
Total income $m
111.6
108.7
120.3
130.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 086
28 241
29 447
30 392
-
Average total income$
28 299
29 384
30 638
31 566
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
59.6
59.6
59.7
58.9
-
Females%
40.4
40.4
40.3
41.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.1
22.5
24.1
24.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.5
23.4
23.3
23.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
21.4
21.4
21.0
20.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.1
21.2
19.8
18.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.9
11.6
11.8
12.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
3.5
3.3
3.6
-
Professionals%
-
5.6
5.7
5.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
3.6
3.9
3.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.2
12.3
11.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.4
1.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.0
15.7
16.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
14.3
14.7
14.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.7
10.5
10.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
21.0
20.5
21.9
-
Not Stated%
-
11.6
12.0
11.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
348
314
299
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
7.0
7.0
6.8
-
-
Total income$m
7.5
7.6
7.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
20 103
22 411
22 904
-
-
Average total income$
21 655
24 147
25 009
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
489
438
393
372
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
54
66
90
99
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
48
54
57
54
Total businessesno.
-
591
558
540
525
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
90
102
105
Employing businessesno.
-
-
27
33
27
Total business entriesno.
-
-
117
135
132
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
135
129
126
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
9
42
Total business exitsno.
-
-
138
138
168
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year