National Regional Profile: Lake Macquarie (C) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 110054655   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 306
1 648
1 548
1 460
1 390
Unemployment rate%
9.7
6.8
6.1
5.8
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
5 466
5 649
5 834
5 797
-
Taxable individualsno.
20 430
21 054
21 521
22 032
-
Taxable income$m
770.4
827.7
887.4
946.3
-
Average taxable income$
37 710
39 312
41 233
42 949
-
Net tax$m
179.1
196.5
212.2
224.9
-
Average net tax$
8 766
9 333
9 861
10 209
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.2
23.7
23.9
23.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
18 673
19 068
19 454
19 859
-
Wage and salary income $m
649.0
687.1
734.3
780.7
-
Total income $m
687.5
730.9
776.2
821.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 758
36 035
37 747
39 314
-
Average total income$
36 817
38 330
39 897
41 354
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.9
53.7
53.6
53.6
-
Females%
46.1
46.3
46.4
46.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.8
19.1
19.3
19.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.1
21.9
21.2
20.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.9
24.2
24.0
23.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.5
23.6
23.5
23.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.6
11.2
12.0
12.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.4
7.3
7.6
-
Professionals%
-
16.9
17.0
17.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.2
6.4
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.5
12.7
12.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.0
2.8
2.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.0
16.6
17.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.1
7.2
7.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.7
10.8
10.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.8
8.1
8.3
-
Not Stated%
-
12.3
11.2
10.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 732
1 759
1 681
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
47.7
53.1
54.8
-
-
Total income$m
52.7
59.3
60.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 553
30 163
32 591
-
-
Average total income$
30 446
33 694
36 006
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 091
1 983
1 830
1 809
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
723
834
969
996
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
489
531
564
558
Total businessesno.
-
3 303
3 348
3 363
3 363
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
447
405
342
Employing businessesno.
-
-
192
177
195
Total business entriesno.
-
-
639
582
537
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
528
564
384
Employing businessesno.
-
-
36
36
156
Total business exitsno.
-
-
564
600
540
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year