National Regional Profile: Murray (Statistical Local Area)  
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
231
323
252
253
291
Unemployment rate%
5.4
5.9
4.2
4.0
4.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
921
958
1 035
1 001
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 983
5 195
5 257
5 337
-
Taxable income$m
173.8
196.8
208.0
228.0
-
Average taxable income$
34 888
37 887
39 575
42 714
-
Net tax$m
37.3
44.3
47.2
52.5
-
Average net tax$
7 493
8 521
8 975
9 835
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.5
22.5
22.7
23.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 843
5 003
5 110
5 163
-
Wage and salary income $m
160.2
180.1
189.1
204.8
-
Total income $m
166.1
186.5
196.8
214.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 084
35 998
36 999
39 665
-
Average total income$
34 293
37 276
38 511
41 490
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
62.1
61.1
60.1
59.1
-
Females%
37.9
38.9
39.9
40.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
31.7
30.8
30.9
30.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.3
26.6
25.5
24.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
19.4
20.1
20.1
19.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
15.0
15.3
15.8
16.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.6
7.2
7.7
8.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.8
5.6
6.0
-
Professionals%
-
13.9
14.1
14.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.3
5.3
5.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.3
9.1
9.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.5
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.7
15.4
15.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.8
5.0
5.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.3
8.6
9.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
6.6
6.8
7.5
-
Not Stated%
-
29.7
28.5
26.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
331
339
319
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
9.5
10.4
10.6
-
-
Total income$m
10.4
11.7
11.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 724
30 719
33 300
-
-
Average total income$
31 480
34 566
37 154
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
303
273
288
261
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
78
96
123
132
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
42
51
57
60
Total businessesno.
-
423
420
468
453
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
36
60
87
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
24
30
Total business entriesno.
-
-
60
84
117
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
78
75
69
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
6
27
Total business exitsno.
-
-
78
81
96
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year