National Regional Profile: Canberra (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 805   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
26 400
26 830
27 736
27 113
-
Taxable individualsno.
164 883
169 712
173 926
177 911
-
Taxable income$m
7 287.7
7 803.1
8 400.8
9 158.8
-
Average taxable income$
44 199
45 979
48 301
51 480
-
Net tax$m
1 862.9
2 040.9
2 199.8
2 412.2
-
Average net tax$
11 299
12 026
12 648
13 559
-
Average net tax ratio%
25.6
26.2
26.2
26.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
146 811
150 028
153 520
156 023
-
Wage and salary income $m
5 994.1
6 396.3
6 854.9
7 467.5
-
Total income $m
6 350.7
6 734.4
7 205.8
7 840.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
40 828
42 634
44 652
47 862
-
Average total income$
43 258
44 888
46 937
50 250
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.2
50.0
50.0
49.9
-
Females%
49.8
50.0
50.0
50.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.2
19.4
19.4
19.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.4
25.2
25.1
24.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.7
23.4
23.0
22.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.3
22.0
21.8
21.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.5
10.0
10.7
11.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.2
6.1
6.2
-
Professionals%
-
21.6
22.0
22.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.1
7.3
7.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
5.4
5.4
5.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.1
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.6
17.7
17.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.4
2.4
2.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.2
8.3
8.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
3.4
3.4
3.5
-
Not Stated%
-
25.8
25.3
24.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
10 857
10 648
9 967
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
385.0
405.7
401.9
-
-
Total income$m
434.5
452.4
452.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 463
38 106
40 323
-
-
Average total income$
40 019
42 486
45 428
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
15 267
14 676
13 464
13 239
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
3 924
4 518
5 298
5 715
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
3 090
3 492
3 822
3 810
Total businessesno.
-
22 281
22 686
22 584
22 764
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 982
2 589
2 253
Employing businessesno.
-
-
1 056
1 272
1 203
Total business entriesno.
-
-
4 038
3 861
3 456
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
3 705
3 759
2 616
Employing businessesno.
-
-
117
201
837
Total business exitsno.
-
-
3 822
3 960
3 453
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year