National Regional Profile: Wollongong (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA18450   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
6 722
9 133
7 958
6 239
8 072
Unemployment rate%
7.3
10.4
9.0
6.7
8.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
17 918
18 330
19 136
18 914
-
Taxable individualsno.
74 214
75 937
77 086
78 772
-
Taxable income$m
2 964.6
3 155.8
3 380.6
3 582.0
-
Average taxable income$
39 947
41 558
43 855
45 473
-
Net tax$m
719.8
785.9
845.3
890.4
-
Average net tax$
9 700
10 350
10 965
11 303
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.3
24.9
25.0
24.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
69 818
70 726
71 809
72 895
-
Wage and salary income $m
2 619.3
2 767.5
2 960.0
3 127.3
-
Total income $m
2 761.8
2 913.4
3 098.3
3 259.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
37 516
39 129
41 221
42 901
-
Average total income$
39 557
41 193
43 147
44 717
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.3
55.0
54.9
54.9
-
Females%
44.7
45.0
45.1
45.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.0
19.0
19.1
19.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.0
24.9
24.5
24.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.0
24.4
24.0
23.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.2
21.4
21.7
21.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.9
10.3
10.8
11.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.6
7.7
7.8
-
Professionals%
-
20.1
20.3
20.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.5
6.5
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.4
12.5
12.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.7
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.4
16.5
16.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.0
7.9
8.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.2
9.2
9.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.0
8.0
7.9
-
Not Stated%
-
9.2
8.7
8.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
5 883
5 946
5 443
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
168.0
182.1
179.3
-
-
Total income$m
182.5
198.0
196.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 563
30 627
32 935
-
-
Average total income$
31 018
33 295
36 150
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
7 563
7 122
6 555
6 393
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 427
2 829
3 384
3 432
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 764
1 986
2 136
2 163
Total businessesno.
-
11 754
11 937
12 075
11 988
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 395
1 254
1 164
Employing businessesno.
-
-
672
789
696
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 067
2 043
1 860
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 878
1 929
1 239
Employing businessesno.
-
-
114
156
588
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 992
2 085
1 827
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year