National Regional Profile: Melbourne (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA24600   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
1 886
1 920
1 587
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.2
6.3
4.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 419
4 997
5 745
6 095
-
Taxable individualsno.
23 869
25 933
28 459
31 728
-
Taxable income$m
1 243.5
1 401.8
1 582.9
1 824.3
-
Average taxable income$
52 098
54 054
55 621
57 499
-
Net tax$m
369.0
422.8
474.5
541.9
-
Average net tax$
15 459
16 303
16 674
17 079
-
Average net tax ratio%
29.7
30.2
30.0
29.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
21 724
23 640
26 270
29 325
-
Wage and salary income $m
933.8
1 042.2
1 175.4
1 350.0
-
Total income $m
997.5
1 109.6
1 249.7
1 432.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
42 986
44 084
44 743
46 037
-
Average total income$
45 919
46 938
47 572
48 850
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.0
51.6
52.0
52.2
-
Females%
48.0
48.4
48.0
47.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.9
21.7
21.7
22.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
41.1
41.9
42.7
43.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
17.1
16.7
16.6
16.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
12.3
12.0
11.3
10.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.6
7.8
7.7
7.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
13.2
12.4
12.4
-
Professionals%
-
32.1
33.0
33.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.0
7.2
7.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
3.2
3.1
2.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.1
2.8
2.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.6
16.3
16.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
1.7
1.8
1.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.1
7.1
7.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
4.0
4.0
4.3
-
Not Stated%
-
13.0
12.2
11.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 740
1 786
1 762
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
114.5
131.5
129.9
-
-
Total income$m
128.9
145.5
144.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
65 818
73 607
73 746
-
-
Average total income$
74 098
81 444
81 868
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
14 796
14 805
14 337
13 785
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
4 257
4 785
5 409
5 670
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
4 212
4 614
5 052
5 037
Total businessesno.
-
23 265
24 204
24 798
24 492
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 901
2 751
2 445
Employing businessesno.
-
-
1 125
1 605
1 380
Total business entriesno.
-
-
4 026
4 356
3 825
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 775
3 384
2 841
Employing businessesno.
-
-
228
393
1 077
Total business exitsno.
-
-
3 003
3 777
3 918
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year