National Regional Profile: Penrith (C) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105456354   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 990
2 158
2 446
2 087
1 902
Unemployment rate%
4.6
5.0
5.5
4.8
4.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
5 897
6 249
6 663
6 831
-
Taxable individualsno.
35 596
36 006
36 221
36 534
-
Taxable income$m
1 335.2
1 393.6
1 475.5
1 540.0
-
Average taxable income$
37 510
38 705
40 737
42 152
-
Net tax$m
308.9
328.0
347.8
361.9
-
Average net tax$
8 679
9 110
9 601
9 906
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.1
23.5
23.6
23.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
34 566
34 800
35 013
35 342
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 226.9
1 282.6
1 361.7
1 428.4
-
Total income $m
1 268.3
1 317.5
1 393.4
1 454.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 494
36 857
38 890
40 417
-
Average total income$
36 691
37 860
39 796
41 153
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.8
53.7
53.7
53.6
-
Females%
46.2
46.3
46.3
46.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.5
22.3
22.1
22.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.2
24.9
24.8
24.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.2
22.6
22.0
21.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.7
20.9
21.0
20.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.5
9.3
10.0
10.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.4
7.5
7.7
-
Professionals%
-
11.5
11.8
12.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.4
6.5
6.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.9
11.8
11.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.3
3.1
3.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.4
19.5
19.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.6
9.8
10.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.3
9.5
9.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.9
8.9
9.0
-
Not Stated%
-
12.3
11.6
11.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 028
2 943
2 773
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
80.4
81.8
81.1
-
-
Total income$m
86.2
87.8
87.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 538
27 805
29 244
-
-
Average total income$
28 450
29 836
31 603
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 176
4 107
3 858
3 813
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 293
1 473
1 752
1 866
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
885
981
1 062
1 098
Total businessesno.
-
6 354
6 561
6 672
6 777
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
861
789
675
Employing businessesno.
-
-
324
474
378
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 185
1 263
1 053
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 011
1 098
723
Employing businessesno.
-
-
66
54
261
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 077
1 152
984
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year