National Regional Profile: Richmond-Tweed SD Bal (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 12010   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
4 748
5 769
5 139
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
7.7
9.8
8.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
15 796
16 524
17 248
17 379
-
Taxable individualsno.
45 161
47 236
49 025
50 613
-
Taxable income$m
1 425.0
1 558.0
1 715.6
1 837.4
-
Average taxable income$
31 553
32 984
34 995
36 304
-
Net tax$m
296.5
333.3
370.9
396.5
-
Average net tax$
6 565
7 057
7 567
7 834
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.8
21.4
21.6
21.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
36 313
37 873
39 157
40 512
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 046.1
1 132.3
1 220.7
1 301.3
-
Total income $m
1 103.8
1 191.6
1 292.4
1 374.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 809
29 896
31 175
32 122
-
Average total income$
30 398
31 463
33 006
33 918
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.6
51.3
50.9
51.3
-
Females%
48.4
48.7
49.1
48.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.3
18.3
18.5
18.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.9
19.4
19.0
18.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.8
25.0
24.4
23.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
25.8
26.1
26.4
26.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
11.1
11.7
12.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.3
6.4
6.6
-
Professionals%
-
18.5
18.5
18.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.7
6.9
6.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.7
9.8
10.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.3
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.1
17.4
17.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.9
5.8
6.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.0
11.3
11.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.9
11.9
12.3
-
Not Stated%
-
10.4
9.7
9.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
8 950
8 704
8 573
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
215.8
221.8
231.5
-
-
Total income$m
237.4
247.1
257.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 109
25 484
27 006
-
-
Average total income$
26 519
28 389
30 054
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
9 555
9 156
8 718
8 760
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 313
2 607
2 904
2 970
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 452
1 662
1 830
1 800
Total businessesno.
-
13 320
13 425
13 452
13 530
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 416
1 296
1 338
Employing businessesno.
-
-
600
639
516
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 016
1 935
1 854
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 626
1 830
1 203
Employing businessesno.
-
-
111
183
507
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 737
2 013
1 710
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year