National Regional Profile: Blacktown (C) - North (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105530751   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
1 858
1 584
1 417
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
4.2
3.7
3.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
5 776
6 382
7 078
7 513
-
Taxable individualsno.
37 136
39 356
41 311
42 689
-
Taxable income$m
1 448.1
1 592.7
1 748.4
1 879.9
-
Average taxable income$
38 993
40 471
42 324
44 037
-
Net tax$m
343.9
386.7
424.7
455.1
-
Average net tax$
9 262
9 827
10 281
10 660
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.8
24.3
24.3
24.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
36 158
38 292
40 108
41 540
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 361.2
1 498.7
1 655.1
1 792.3
-
Total income $m
1 397.3
1 533.5
1 681.6
1 806.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
37 645
39 138
41 266
43 146
-
Average total income$
38 644
40 048
41 925
43 495
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.0
53.0
53.0
53.3
-
Females%
47.0
47.0
47.0
46.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.8
18.7
18.5
18.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.4
28.9
28.5
28.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.0
24.9
24.9
24.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.1
19.3
19.3
19.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.6
8.2
8.8
9.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.7
8.8
9.1
-
Professionals%
-
16.1
16.6
17.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
7.0
7.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.2
9.9
9.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.5
3.5
3.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.3
19.2
19.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.7
7.7
7.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.3
8.3
8.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.1
8.1
8.2
-
Not Stated%
-
11.5
10.9
10.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 238
3 274
3 253
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
80.2
85.4
88.3
-
-
Total income$m
86.8
91.0
94.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 770
26 081
27 137
-
-
Average total income$
26 805
27 808
29 110
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 900
3 837
3 762
3 663
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 110
1 317
1 575
1 752
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
558
624
663
669
Total businessesno.
-
5 568
5 778
6 000
6 084
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 038
843
675
Employing businessesno.
-
-
351
312
372
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 389
1 155
1 047
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 017
996
789
Employing businessesno.
-
-
54
54
285
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 071
1 050
1 074
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year