National Regional Profile: Lower Northern Sydney (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 10555   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
7 763
7 508
6 882
5 690
6 275
Unemployment rate%
4.8
4.4
4.1
3.3
3.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
26 925
28 001
28 560
28 258
-
Taxable individualsno.
150 320
153 474
155 370
158 335
-
Taxable income$m
9 470.0
9 995.1
10 830.0
11 917.9
-
Average taxable income$
62 999
65 126
69 705
75 270
-
Net tax$m
2 998.4
3 200.1
3 509.4
3 904.6
-
Average net tax$
19 947
20 852
22 588
24 660
-
Average net tax ratio%
31.7
32.0
32.4
32.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
127 936
128 921
129 826
131 693
-
Wage and salary income $m
6 978.5
7 277.0
7 688.5
8 295.2
-
Total income $m
7 518.8
7 850.8
8 283.0
8 967.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
54 546
56 445
59 222
62 989
-
Average total income$
58 770
60 896
63 801
68 092
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.1
50.0
50.1
50.0
-
Females%
49.9
50.0
49.9
50.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
15.2
15.0
14.7
14.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
32.0
31.8
31.7
31.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.3
23.1
23.1
23.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.3
18.2
18.0
17.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.3
11.9
12.4
12.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
16.0
15.9
15.9
-
Professionals%
-
28.5
29.1
29.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.2
7.3
7.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
4.2
4.1
4.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
4.5
4.3
4.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.6
15.0
15.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
1.8
1.9
1.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.0
6.3
6.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
2.8
2.9
3.0
-
Not Stated%
-
14.3
13.1
12.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
11 880
11 886
11 400
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
773.8
834.3
872.8
-
-
Total income$m
895.0
951.0
968.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
65 136
70 193
76 558
-
-
Average total income$
75 335
80 010
84 973
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
27 579
26 769
25 248
24 783
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
9 393
10 635
11 925
12 396
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
6 045
6 561
6 888
6 816
Total businessesno.
-
43 017
43 965
44 061
43 995
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
5 343
4 701
4 461
Employing businessesno.
-
-
2 142
2 154
2 250
Total business entriesno.
-
-
7 485
6 855
6 711
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
6 108
6 156
4 752
Employing businessesno.
-
-
369
468
1 677
Total business exitsno.
-
-
6 477
6 624
6 429
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year