National Regional Profile: Barossa (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA40310   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
260
203
229
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
2.5
1.9
2.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 167
2 334
2 323
2 391
-
Taxable individualsno.
9 317
9 533
9 856
10 186
-
Taxable income$m
336.3
351.9
382.6
412.8
-
Average taxable income$
36 098
36 911
38 820
40 528
-
Net tax$m
76.6
80.4
88.1
95.0
-
Average net tax$
8 216
8 429
8 942
9 322
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.8
22.8
23.0
23.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
8 045
8 301
8 513
8 808
-
Wage and salary income $m
260.4
276.3
296.3
319.9
-
Total income $m
275.4
287.5
310.8
335.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 372
33 288
34 802
36 315
-
Average total income$
34 235
34 629
36 506
38 062
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.3
54.9
54.7
54.6
-
Females%
44.7
45.1
45.3
45.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.6
19.1
18.6
19.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.2
20.6
20.4
20.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.2
25.7
24.3
23.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.4
23.8
24.8
24.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.6
10.9
11.9
12.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.4
8.7
8.6
-
Professionals%
-
14.4
14.1
14.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.5
5.3
5.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.9
10.0
10.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.9
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.0
14.4
14.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.3
7.4
7.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.8
7.7
7.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
22.7
22.9
22.9
-
Not Stated%
-
8.1
7.5
7.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 490
1 467
1 425
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
44.7
44.8
46.8
-
-
Total income$m
48.3
49.3
51.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 971
30 537
32 869
-
-
Average total income$
32 388
33 603
36 023
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 245
1 254
1 236
1 275
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
372
405
438
423
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
369
378
411
423
Total businessesno.
-
1 986
2 037
2 085
2 121
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
213
195
219
Employing businessesno.
-
-
63
75
120
Total business entriesno.
-
-
276
270
339
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
228
183
186
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
36
96
Total business exitsno.
-
-
240
219
282
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year