National Regional Profile: Wagga Wagga (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA17750   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
1 355
1 516
1 980
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
4.3
4.9
6.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
5 406
5 752
5 791
5 852
-
Taxable individualsno.
24 361
24 671
25 384
26 009
-
Taxable income$m
884.9
929.9
1 005.5
1 079.7
-
Average taxable income$
36 326
37 692
39 612
41 511
-
Net tax$m
199.8
216.1
233.9
251.5
-
Average net tax$
8 203
8 760
9 216
9 672
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.6
23.2
23.3
23.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
21 584
21 993
22 336
22 884
-
Wage and salary income $m
701.3
740.7
788.3
841.2
-
Total income $m
736.8
777.0
830.1
888.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 490
33 680
35 294
36 757
-
Average total income$
34 135
35 330
37 165
38 827
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.4
52.8
52.7
52.5
-
Females%
46.6
47.2
47.3
47.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
22.7
22.6
22.8
23.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.3
24.1
23.3
22.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.5
22.8
22.3
21.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.1
20.6
20.9
21.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.4
10.0
10.7
11.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
6.9
6.9
-
Professionals%
-
17.5
18.0
17.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
6.7
6.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.0
11.1
11.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.1
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.9
16.8
17.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.4
6.5
6.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.7
11.0
11.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.2
9.4
10.1
-
Not Stated%
-
12.4
11.6
10.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 223
3 011
2 869
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
116.2
105.3
103.3
-
-
Total income$m
125.1
115.1
117.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
36 059
34 970
35 991
-
-
Average total income$
38 827
38 218
40 776
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 111
2 922
2 649
2 667
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
777
909
1 044
1 143
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
801
876
963
945
Total businessesno.
-
4 689
4 707
4 656
4 755
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
486
489
432
Employing businessesno.
-
-
240
285
252
Total business entriesno.
-
-
726
774
684
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
630
585
465
Employing businessesno.
-
-
39
84
177
Total business exitsno.
-
-
669
669
642
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year