National Regional Profile: Yass Valley (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA18710   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
265
182
142
144
119
Unemployment rate%
4.1
2.6
2.0
2.1
1.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 213
1 376
1 531
1 516
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 345
5 534
5 807
5 931
-
Taxable income$m
208.9
222.7
250.6
278.4
-
Average taxable income$
39 089
40 238
43 148
46 937
-
Net tax$m
49.3
54.3
62.5
70.8
-
Average net tax$
9 220
9 814
10 762
11 929
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.6
24.4
24.9
25.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 481
4 737
5 008
5 132
-
Wage and salary income $m
158.7
174.2
192.6
210.4
-
Total income $m
167.4
181.8
202.3
219.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 405
36 774
38 469
40 988
-
Average total income$
37 363
38 385
40 403
42 846
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.5
52.2
51.4
51.4
-
Females%
47.5
47.8
48.6
48.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.6
17.5
17.9
17.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.0
20.1
19.7
19.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.7
25.9
25.8
25.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.2
23.8
23.2
23.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.4
12.6
13.4
14.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.8
8.2
7.8
-
Professionals%
-
15.7
15.9
16.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.2
7.3
8.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.6
9.7
9.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.9
3.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.6
17.2
17.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.0
5.0
4.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.4
8.5
8.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.2
8.9
9.3
-
Not Stated%
-
17.5
16.5
15.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
980
873
786
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
32.8
26.9
24.1
-
-
Total income$m
34.6
29.7
26.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 482
30 826
30 716
-
-
Average total income$
35 340
34 027
34 202
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
816
858
846
882
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
339
387
429
420
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
276
312
339
357
Total businessesno.
-
1 431
1 557
1 614
1 659
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
147
123
111
Employing businessesno.
-
-
69
81
78
Total business entriesno.
-
-
216
204
189
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
159
204
129
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
18
51
Total business exitsno.
-
-
177
222
180
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year