National Regional Profile: Lismore (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA14850   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
1 694
2 052
1 896
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
7.9
10.1
9.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
5 101
5 091
5 369
5 407
-
Taxable individualsno.
15 741
16 452
16 905
17 228
-
Taxable income$m
492.6
533.0
581.7
611.5
-
Average taxable income$
31 295
32 396
34 413
35 497
-
Net tax$m
101.8
112.3
123.8
129.2
-
Average net tax$
6 464
6 826
7 321
7 501
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.7
21.1
21.3
21.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
13 571
14 115
14 442
14 714
-
Wage and salary income $m
396.2
424.2
457.3
478.1
-
Total income $m
414.7
444.8
479.6
503.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 197
30 055
31 664
32 490
-
Average total income$
30 559
31 510
33 211
34 207
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.5
50.6
50.4
50.6
-
Females%
49.5
49.4
49.6
49.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.1
18.8
18.7
19.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.0
19.8
19.7
19.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.7
24.6
24.1
23.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
25.5
25.5
25.9
25.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.8
11.3
11.6
12.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.5
5.4
5.6
-
Professionals%
-
19.6
19.8
19.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.2
6.2
6.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.8
10.2
10.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.6
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.3
18.6
18.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.1
5.2
5.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.6
11.8
12.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.6
10.9
11.5
-
Not Stated%
-
10.6
9.2
8.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 450
2 404
2 322
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
62.7
63.3
68.5
-
-
Total income$m
69.0
70.3
75.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 590
26 317
29 500
-
-
Average total income$
28 155
29 245
32 515
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 973
2 868
2 757
2 730
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
777
873
951
1 017
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
549
606
630
639
Total businessesno.
-
4 299
4 347
4 338
4 386
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
378
396
297
Employing businessesno.
-
-
168
168
222
Total business entriesno.
-
-
546
564
519
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
504
522
381
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
51
132
Total business exitsno.
-
-
528
573
513
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year