National Regional Profile: Richmond-Tweed (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 120   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
7 520
9 078
8 193
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
7.5
9.6
8.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
26 474
27 758
28 916
29 045
-
Taxable individualsno.
75 124
79 136
82 453
85 329
-
Taxable income$m
2 369.4
2 610.0
2 903.2
3 102.8
-
Average taxable income$
31 540
32 981
35 211
36 363
-
Net tax$m
490.0
556.5
629.4
668.1
-
Average net tax$
6 522
7 032
7 633
7 830
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.7
21.3
21.7
21.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
61 240
63 997
66 528
68 844
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 767.3
1 919.6
2 087.8
2 232.1
-
Total income $m
1 865.9
2 025.5
2 215.1
2 357.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 859
29 995
31 383
32 422
-
Average total income$
30 469
31 651
33 296
34 238
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.2
51.0
50.7
51.0
-
Females%
48.8
49.0
49.3
49.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.6
18.6
18.9
19.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.8
19.5
19.1
19.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.5
24.9
24.3
23.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
25.2
25.5
25.6
25.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.9
11.5
12.1
12.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.4
6.5
6.7
-
Professionals%
-
17.8
17.7
17.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.8
6.9
6.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.0
10.1
10.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.4
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.8
18.0
17.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.8
5.8
6.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.7
12.0
12.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.1
11.1
11.5
-
Not Stated%
-
10.1
9.5
8.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
13 643
13 446
13 221
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
333.3
346.9
364.6
-
-
Total income$m
366.6
385.5
406.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 433
25 799
27 574
-
-
Average total income$
26 874
28 674
30 721
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
14 190
13 653
12 990
12 984
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
3 552
4 023
4 500
4 656
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 385
2 742
2 964
2 943
Total businessesno.
-
20 127
20 418
20 454
20 583
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 262
2 121
2 031
Employing businessesno.
-
-
945
990
951
Total business entriesno.
-
-
3 207
3 111
2 982
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 637
2 814
1 965
Employing businessesno.
-
-
177
243
738
Total business exitsno.
-
-
2 814
3 057
2 703
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year