National Regional Profile: New South Wales   
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 1   
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 ECONOMY


2002
2003
2004
2005
2006

ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
205 100
200 200
186 464
178 277
182 554
Unemployment rate%
6.3
6.0
5.6
5.3
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
627 779
659 064
695 311
705 130
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 791 550
2 850 636
2 906 401
2 962 785
-
Taxable income$m
121 304.9
128 551.6
138 021.0
147 332.9
-
Average taxable income$
43 454
45 096
47 489
49 728
-
Net tax$m
29 934.5
32 462.2
35 011.5
37 519.0
-
Average net tax$
10 723
11 388
12 046
12 663
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.7
25.3
25.4
25.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 502 376
2 538 731
2 588 415
2 639 677
-
Wage and salary income $m
95 573.8
100 552.6
107 179.7
114 153.7
-
Total income $m
100 756.3
105 655.7
112 422.0
119 189.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
38 193
39 607
41 407
43 245
-
Average total income$
40 264
41 618
43 433
45 153
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.2
53.1
53.0
52.9
-
Females%
46.8
46.9
47.0
47.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.8
18.7
18.8
19.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.0
25.7
25.4
25.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.3
23.9
23.6
23.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.5
20.7
20.7
20.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.5
11.1
11.5
12.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.4
9.4
9.4
-
Professionals%
-
18.6
18.9
19.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
6.7
6.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.6
9.6
9.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.4
3.2
3.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.7
17.0
17.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.2
6.3
6.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.8
9.0
9.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.7
8.8
8.9
-
Not Stated%
-
12.1
11.2
10.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
317 655
307 238
292 495
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
10 474.9
10 556.8
10 609.1
-
-
Total income$m
11 399.8
11 642.7
11 773.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
32 976
34 360
36 271
-
-
Average total income$
35 887
37 895
40 253
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
431 055
416 625
391 038
386 667
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
133 002
151 284
173 823
181 113
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
88 404
97 203
104 445
104 226
Total businessesno.
-
652 461
665 112
669 306
672 006
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
83 670
73 119
68 826
Employing businessesno.
-
-
32 514
36 969
36 045
Total business entriesno.
-
-
116 184
110 088
104 871
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
98 136
98 556
72 903
Employing businessesno.
-
-
5 760
7 143
28 842
Total business exitsno.
-
-
103 896
105 699
101 745
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year