National Regional Profile: Melton (S) - East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205204651   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
489
471
462
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
5.0
4.6
4.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 304
1 702
2 148
2 450
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 449
10 165
11 760
13 241
-
Taxable income$m
300.3
377.1
451.3
526.0
-
Average taxable income$
35 538
37 097
38 380
39 724
-
Net tax$m
67.1
86.8
102.8
120.0
-
Average net tax$
7 948
8 540
8 744
9 066
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.4
23.0
22.8
22.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
8 246
9 941
11 521
12 963
-
Wage and salary income $m
284.7
359.4
431.9
505.6
-
Total income $m
294.3
369.3
442.9
515.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 525
36 156
37 491
39 005
-
Average total income$
35 694
37 147
38 440
39 769
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.5
53.8
54.1
53.9
-
Females%
46.5
46.2
45.9
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.8
17.7
17.7
17.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
36.5
35.7
34.2
33.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.6
25.6
25.9
26.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
15.7
16.0
16.6
16.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
4.4
5.0
5.6
6.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.1
7.9
7.7
-
Professionals%
-
11.7
11.7
11.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.6
5.7
5.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.4
12.4
12.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.0
2.8
2.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.4
18.0
18.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.5
10.5
10.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.4
10.1
10.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.0
12.6
12.6
-
Not Stated%
-
8.0
8.2
8.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
645
751
826
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
14.4
17.8
19.9
-
-
Total income$m
15.3
19.0
21.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
22 267
23 687
24 122
-
-
Average total income$
23 744
25 259
25 661
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
816
936
990
1 059
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
243
300
363
429
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
78
108
123
126
Total businessesno.
-
1 137
1 344
1 476
1 614
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
345
312
321
Employing businessesno.
-
-
96
123
132
Total business entriesno.
-
-
441
435
453
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
234
276
249
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
9
54
Total business exitsno.
-
-
240
285
303
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year