National Regional Profile: Wattle Range (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA48340   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
372
300
264
238
294
Unemployment rate%
5.5
4.7
4.1
3.7
4.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 335
1 371
1 474
1 437
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 354
5 539
5 541
5 530
-
Taxable income$m
198.2
213.1
223.4
225.8
-
Average taxable income$
37 011
38 474
40 314
40 824
-
Net tax$m
44.4
49.1
51.8
52.1
-
Average net tax$
8 292
8 866
9 356
9 428
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.4
23.0
23.2
23.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 361
4 549
4 619
4 594
-
Wage and salary income $m
139.7
148.5
157.4
160.6
-
Total income $m
146.2
155.2
166.2
167.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 024
32 649
34 082
34 964
-
Average total income$
33 517
34 111
35 990
36 450
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.6
58.0
57.2
56.9
-
Females%
42.4
42.0
42.8
43.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.3
20.1
19.8
18.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.0
21.0
20.2
20.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.8
25.9
25.7
26.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.7
22.6
23.0
23.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
10.5
11.3
12.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.3
5.1
5.3
-
Professionals%
-
9.1
9.6
9.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
3.4
3.7
3.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.9
11.8
12.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.7
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.2
12.3
12.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.5
10.8
10.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.5
7.6
7.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
31.8
31.3
31.5
-
Not Stated%
-
6.6
6.1
6.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 244
1 192
1 104
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
54.2
54.2
49.0
-
-
Total income$m
54.1
55.4
51.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
43 586
45 439
44 375
-
-
Average total income$
43 487
46 507
46 795
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
792
744
711
723
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
324
348
366
378
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
237
279
285
276
Total businessesno.
-
1 353
1 371
1 362
1 377
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
105
93
87
Employing businessesno.
-
-
72
66
69
Total business entriesno.
-
-
177
159
156
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
147
108
84
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
9
57
Total business exitsno.
-
-
159
117
141
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year