National Regional Profile: North Metropolitan (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 50515   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
12 653
12 122
10 271
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
5.5
5.0
4.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
42 161
43 746
45 961
45 231
-
Taxable individualsno.
188 205
195 567
203 265
211 911
-
Taxable income$m
6 939.3
7 521.5
8 276.0
9 227.4
-
Average taxable income$
36 871
38 460
40 716
43 544
-
Net tax$m
1 623.6
1 805.1
1 996.3
2 264.2
-
Average net tax$
8 627
9 230
9 821
10 685
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.4
24.0
24.1
24.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
167 236
172 403
179 118
186 070
-
Wage and salary income $m
5 725.5
6 146.2
6 699.4
7 393.3
-
Total income $m
6 012.4
6 440.1
7 020.4
7 776.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 236
35 650
37 402
39 734
-
Average total income$
35 952
37 355
39 194
41 792
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.5
51.5
51.5
51.7
-
Females%
48.5
48.5
48.5
48.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.2
20.1
20.4
20.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.2
24.1
23.8
23.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.4
23.1
22.9
22.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.1
21.9
21.6
21.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.1
10.7
11.2
12.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.5
8.4
8.3
-
Professionals%
-
19.1
19.2
19.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.9
8.0
8.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.1
10.2
10.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.3
3.2
3.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.7
18.6
18.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.2
5.4
5.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.8
9.9
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.3
7.4
7.6
-
Not Stated%
-
10.2
9.8
9.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
22 379
22 471
21 882
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
635.4
684.0
721.2
-
-
Total income$m
684.6
741.1
780.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 392
30 441
32 958
-
-
Average total income$
30 591
32 982
35 654
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
24 885
24 474
23 496
24 138
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
5 616
6 453
7 683
8 481
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
3 996
4 404
4 863
4 812
Total businessesno.
-
34 497
35 331
36 042
37 431
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
5 112
4 635
5 061
Employing businessesno.
-
-
1 629
1 791
1 869
Total business entriesno.
-
-
6 741
6 426
6 930
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
5 439
5 655
4 296
Employing businessesno.
-
-
174
267
1 182
Total business exitsno.
-
-
5 613
5 922
5 478
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year