National Regional Profile: Taroom (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320056750   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
18
23
27
17
20
Unemployment rate%
1.1
1.4
1.5
1.0
1.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
529
517
452
452
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 102
1 113
1 177
1 202
-
Taxable income$m
33.6
34.8
39.5
42.4
-
Average taxable income$
30 451
31 312
33 550
35 278
-
Net tax$m
6.6
7.2
8.0
8.6
-
Average net tax$
6 025
6 491
6 765
7 191
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.8
20.7
20.2
20.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
712
729
707
718
-
Wage and salary income $m
18.1
19.3
20.2
21.1
-
Total income $m
18.1
19.3
21.0
21.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
25 483
26 457
28 534
29 407
-
Average total income$
25 457
26 499
29 693
30 224
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.2
54.6
54.7
53.6
-
Females%
45.8
45.4
45.3
46.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.6
23.5
24.5
27.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.3
24.1
21.3
21.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.2
22.9
23.1
21.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.4
16.7
16.6
18.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.5
12.8
14.4
12.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.1
7.2
6.8
-
Professionals%
-
11.2
12.5
10.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.0
2.8
2.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
7.7
7.7
8.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
2.1
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.4
14.5
14.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.0
8.2
9.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.2
6.6
6.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
31.3
33.1
32.5
-
Not Stated%
-
6.0
5.2
6.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
629
577
604
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
18.5
16.4
20.3
-
-
Total income$m
18.4
16.6
20.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 388
28 396
33 563
-
-
Average total income$
29 263
28 791
33 714
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
495
495
489
522
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
153
165
180
168
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
51
57
54
54
Total businessesno.
-
699
717
723
744
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
39
36
81
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
18
24
Total business entriesno.
-
-
60
54
105
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
45
45
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
15
39
Total business exitsno.
-
-
51
60
84
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year