National Regional Profile: Lower South East (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 42510   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 346
1 145
1 013
882
1 069
Unemployment rate%
5.6
5.0
4.3
3.8
4.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 449
4 659
4 865
4 883
-
Taxable individualsno.
19 657
20 117
20 430
20 650
-
Taxable income$m
700.3
741.9
788.8
820.6
-
Average taxable income$
35 626
36 877
38 612
39 741
-
Net tax$m
155.2
169.1
179.9
186.3
-
Average net tax$
7 897
8 404
8 806
9 020
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.2
22.8
22.8
22.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
16 723
17 224
17 539
17 754
-
Wage and salary income $m
527.1
561.2
600.8
624.3
-
Total income $m
551.3
585.9
629.0
652.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 521
32 581
34 255
35 163
-
Average total income$
32 967
34 014
35 862
36 765
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.2
56.0
55.8
55.4
-
Females%
43.8
44.0
44.2
44.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.5
20.4
20.3
20.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.5
23.0
22.3
21.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.6
25.0
24.7
24.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.3
21.7
21.9
22.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.1
9.8
10.7
11.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.9
6.0
6.1
-
Professionals%
-
11.4
11.4
11.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.3
4.5
4.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.8
11.9
11.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.4
1.4
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.7
15.5
15.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.2
10.4
10.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.0
10.2
10.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
22.5
22.1
22.0
-
Not Stated%
-
6.6
6.5
6.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 638
3 428
3 276
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
143.6
133.3
126.5
-
-
Total income$m
148.5
140.6
137.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
39 474
38 890
38 621
-
-
Average total income$
40 825
41 005
42 018
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 688
2 553
2 436
2 421
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
861
930
996
1 047
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
744
846
891
894
Total businessesno.
-
4 293
4 329
4 323
4 362
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
315
327
345
Employing businessesno.
-
-
207
198
201
Total business entriesno.
-
-
522
525
546
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
396
393
351
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
36
144
Total business exitsno.
-
-
426
429
495
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year