National Regional Profile: Bellingen (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA10600   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
661
620
516
616
567
Unemployment rate%
11.7
11.1
9.2
11.6
10.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 898
1 919
1 951
1 910
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 080
4 182
4 439
4 568
-
Taxable income$m
126.1
135.5
147.4
157.0
-
Average taxable income$
30 908
32 402
33 204
34 370
-
Net tax$m
25.7
29.0
30.3
32.2
-
Average net tax$
6 300
6 926
6 823
7 050
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.4
21.4
20.5
20.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 208
3 271
3 367
3 457
-
Wage and salary income $m
88.2
94.7
100.9
108.7
-
Total income $m
93.1
99.9
107.1
115.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 485
28 954
29 959
31 439
-
Average total income$
29 017
30 544
31 808
33 469
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.1
51.2
51.9
51.4
-
Females%
47.9
48.8
48.1
48.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
15.7
14.9
16.4
15.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
15.7
15.4
15.2
14.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
29.2
28.0
26.7
25.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
27.4
29.1
29.3
30.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.0
12.6
12.4
13.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.9
6.6
6.6
-
Professionals%
-
20.5
20.2
20.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.2
5.1
5.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.7
9.9
9.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.2
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.9
16.9
17.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.6
5.5
5.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.2
9.3
9.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.6
13.8
13.6
-
Not Stated%
-
10.9
10.3
9.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
878
850
914
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
20.4
19.8
23.1
-
-
Total income$m
22.6
21.9
26.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 231
23 252
25 294
-
-
Average total income$
25 748
25 755
28 512
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
783
777
735
768
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
240
270
315
300
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
105
120
135
126
Total businessesno.
-
1 128
1 167
1 185
1 194
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
153
111
108
Employing businessesno.
-
-
45
66
66
Total business entriesno.
-
-
198
177
174
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
159
144
90
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
24
51
Total business exitsno.
-
-
165
168
141
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year