National Regional Profile: Gosford (C) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 105703104   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 574
2 863
2 820
2 616
2 621
Unemployment rate%
5.8
6.1
6.1
5.5
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
9 964
10 383
10 737
10 937
-
Taxable individualsno.
39 291
40 133
40 969
41 377
-
Taxable income$m
1 518.5
1 621.8
1 752.0
1 820.0
-
Average taxable income$
38 649
40 410
42 764
43 986
-
Net tax$m
361.4
394.9
431.6
443.3
-
Average net tax$
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.
34 591
35 066
35 718
35 977
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 235.2
1 291.9
1 377.8
1 428.9
-
Total income $m
1 297.7
1 359.6
1 449.0
1 490.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
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.
4 407
4 399
4 143
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
128.1
139.4
135.2
-
-
Total income$m
140.5
153.6
149.2
-
-
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.
-
5 019
4 776
4 479
4 335
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 497
1 746
1 974
2 058
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
975
1 059
1 173
1 170
Total businessesno.
-
7 491
7 581
7 626
7 563
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
828
834
678
Employing businessesno.
-
-
381
459
429
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 209
1 293
1 107
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 185
1 158
876
Employing businessesno.
-
-
33
93
360
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 218
1 251
1 236
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year