National Regional Profile: Gosford (C) - East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105703101   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 798
2 001
1 970
1 827
1 831
Unemployment rate%
5.8
6.1
6.1
5.5
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
7 013
7 342
7 598
7 702
-
Taxable individualsno.
27 655
28 377
28 992
29 136
-
Taxable income$m
1 068.8
1 146.7
1 239.8
1 281.6
-
Average taxable income$
38 649
40 410
42 764
43 986
-
Net tax$m
254.4
279.3
305.4
312.1
-
Average net tax$
9 199
9 841
10 535
10 713
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.8
24.4
24.6
24.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
24 348
24 794
25 275
25 334
-
Wage and salary income $m
869.4
913.5
975.0
1 006.2
-
Total income $m
913.4
961.3
1 025.4
1 049.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 709
36 842
38 575
39 718
-
Average total income$
37 516
38 773
40 568
41 422
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.2
52.2
52.0
51.7
-
Females%
47.8
47.8
48.0
48.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.9
19.1
19.8
20.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.0
21.4
20.8
20.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.1
24.4
23.7
23.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.9
23.1
23.3
23.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.1
12.0
12.4
13.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.9
8.9
9.0
-
Professionals%
-
17.6
17.9
18.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.8
7.8
7.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.6
10.8
10.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.7
3.5
3.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.7
17.9
17.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.0
5.2
5.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.0
10.6
10.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.0
7.1
7.4
-
Not Stated%
-
11.8
10.5
9.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 102
3 111
2 931
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
90.2
98.6
95.7
-
-
Total income$m
98.9
108.6
105.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 078
31 686
32 646
-
-
Average total income$
31 872
34 903
36 017
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 852
3 741
3 426
3 318
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 167
1 341
1 557
1 680
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
708
798
867
867
Total businessesno.
-
5 727
5 880
5 850
5 865
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
825
675
618
Employing businessesno.
-
-
345
321
282
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 170
996
900
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
996
963
648
Employing businessesno.
-
-
54
69
252
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 050
1 032
900
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year