National Regional Profile: Clarence Valley (A) - Grafton (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 125051737   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
939
865
712
848
807
Unemployment rate%
8.5
8.1
6.7
8.5
7.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 721
2 695
2 808
2 862
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 534
7 529
7 806
7 886
-
Taxable income$m
239.7
251.7
276.7
288.5
-
Average taxable income$
31 813
33 429
35 451
36 589
-
Net tax$m
49.5
53.4
59.5
61.6
-
Average net tax$
6 570
7 098
7 627
7 805
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.7
21.2
21.5
21.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 569
6 671
6 738
6 823
-
Wage and salary income $m
195.0
206.7
217.4
227.2
-
Total income $m
203.6
215.6
228.1
239.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 690
30 988
32 267
33 304
-
Average total income$
30 990
32 311
33 848
35 040
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.3
53.6
53.3
53.3
-
Females%
45.7
46.4
46.7
46.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.9
17.8
18.1
18.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
18.5
18.3
18.1
17.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.7
26.2
25.1
23.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
25.8
26.1
26.4
27.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.2
11.7
12.4
13.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.5
5.6
5.5
-
Professionals%
-
15.2
15.1
14.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.3
5.6
5.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.9
8.9
9.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
2.0
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.9
18.8
19.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.8
7.2
7.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.1
12.8
12.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.0
14.0
14.1
-
Not Stated%
-
11.3
10.0
9.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 133
1 087
1 047
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
27.6
27.5
29.6
-
-
Total income$m
30.1
30.3
33.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 322
25 344
28 297
-
-
Average total income$
26 596
27 883
32 159
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 212
1 092
1 008
1 032
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
306
342
378
390
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
273
333
357
336
Total businessesno.
-
1 791
1 767
1 743
1 758
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
132
129
117
Employing businessesno.
-
-
81
78
69
Total business entriesno.
-
-
213
207
186
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
264
222
129
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
12
90
Total business exitsno.
-
-
279
234
219
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year