National Regional Profile: Wellington Shire (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 25015   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 242
1 207
1 252
1 497
1 143
Unemployment rate%
6.5
6.1
6.0
7.0
5.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 814
5 249
5 479
5 262
-
Taxable individualsno.
16 476
16 618
16 834
17 064
-
Taxable income$m
581.7
595.2
623.3
675.0
-
Average taxable income$
35 305
35 814
37 024
39 557
-
Net tax$m
128.0
134.8
139.8
152.0
-
Average net tax$
7 770
8 114
8 303
8 908
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.0
22.7
22.4
22.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
13 894
14 337
14 514
14 472
-
Wage and salary income $m
462.0
489.3
512.4
534.0
-
Total income $m
484.8
508.6
536.5
562.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 249
34 128
35 304
36 898
-
Average total income$
34 896
35 471
36 965
38 832
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.8
55.3
55.0
54.9
-
Females%
44.2
44.7
45.0
45.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.4
19.6
19.7
19.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.3
19.6
19.1
18.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.3
24.8
23.9
23.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.8
25.1
25.5
25.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.2
10.9
11.8
12.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
7.0
7.1
-
Professionals%
-
16.1
15.8
16.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.4
6.3
6.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.8
13.6
13.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
2.0
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.9
15.0
14.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.4
7.8
8.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.4
10.7
10.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.3
13.6
13.2
-
Not Stated%
-
8.6
8.2
7.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 205
2 833
2 609
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
97.5
68.2
64.3
-
-
Total income$m
98.1
74.3
71.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 437
24 085
24 650
-
-
Average total income$
30 597
26 211
27 252
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 562
2 415
2 346
2 331
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
756
831
930
933
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
549
591
651
642
Total businessesno.
-
3 867
3 837
3 927
3 906
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
252
336
375
Employing businessesno.
-
-
132
162
156
Total business entriesno.
-
-
384
498
531
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
411
402
336
Employing businessesno.
-
-
27
21
198
Total business exitsno.
-
-
438
423
534
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year