National Regional Profile: Murray Lands (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 420   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
8 085
8 083
8 537
8 810
-
Taxable individualsno.
28 122
28 082
28 471
28 486
-
Taxable income$m
905.9
928.3
959.3
994.6
-
Average taxable income$
32 213
33 056
33 694
34 914
-
Net tax$m
184.7
195.1
199.2
208.1
-
Average net tax$
6 569
6 947
6 996
7 306
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.4
21.0
20.8
20.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
22 845
23 046
23 499
23 937
-
Wage and salary income $m
624.8
653.7
700.0
738.2
-
Total income $m
656.8
688.6
735.8
775.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 348
28 363
29 788
30 838
-
Average total income$
28 750
29 880
31 312
32 393
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.4
55.0
54.6
54.0
-
Females%
44.6
45.0
45.4
46.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.8
20.6
20.2
20.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.0
21.2
20.8
20.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.5
23.9
23.7
23.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.6
22.3
22.7
22.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.2
12.0
12.6
13.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.6
7.7
7.5
-
Professionals%
-
10.9
11.0
11.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.7
4.8
5.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.9
9.9
9.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.3
1.3
1.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.8
14.2
14.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.1
7.3
7.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.7
8.7
8.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
27.9
27.7
27.1
-
Not Stated%
-
8.0
7.5
7.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
7 025
6 313
5 960
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
261.4
217.7
190.0
-
-
Total income$m
259.4
231.0
206.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
37 215
34 488
31 882
-
-
Average total income$
36 926
36 583
34 682
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 374
4 158
3 891
3 867
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 518
1 677
1 848
1 698
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 350
1 434
1 482
1 530
Total businessesno.
-
7 242
7 269
7 221
7 095
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
546
459
498
Employing businessesno.
-
-
300
297
360
Total business entriesno.
-
-
846
756
858
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
690
729
516
Employing businessesno.
-
-
54
93
399
Total business exitsno.
-
-
744
822
915
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year