National Regional Profile: West Tamar (M) - Pt A (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 615055811   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
621
736
678
458
429
Unemployment rate%
7.2
8.2
7.4
5.0
4.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 119
2 162
2 277
2 210
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 073
8 292
8 498
8 785
-
Taxable income$m
278.3
297.1
324.8
351.5
-
Average taxable income$
34 473
35 829
38 225
40 008
-
Net tax$m
61.6
67.3
74.4
80.9
-
Average net tax$
7 631
8 120
8 750
9 209
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.1
22.7
22.9
23.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 025
7 172
7 337
7 529
-
Wage and salary income $m
225.0
236.1
253.2
270.6
-
Total income $m
237.1
248.6
268.8
287.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 021
32 916
34 505
35 937
-
Average total income$
33 746
34 666
36 630
38 133
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.8
53.9
53.3
52.8
-
Females%
46.2
46.1
46.7
47.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.1
17.1
17.5
17.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.1
21.8
21.0
19.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.2
25.4
25.1
24.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.9
24.0
23.9
24.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.7
11.7
12.6
13.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.9
7.8
7.7
-
Professionals%
-
19.0
18.9
18.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.6
6.6
6.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.4
10.5
10.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.8
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.2
17.8
18.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.2
7.3
7.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.8
9.8
10.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.7
10.8
11.1
-
Not Stated%
-
9.3
8.6
8.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
868
866
859
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
23.0
24.9
26.1
-
-
Total income$m
25.9
27.6
29.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 530
28 740
30 405
-
-
Average total income$
29 802
31 863
34 472
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
702
684
651
693
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
189
213
240
255
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
114
129
138
138
Total businessesno.
-
1 005
1 026
1 029
1 086
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
150
111
132
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
45
33
Total business entriesno.
-
-
198
156
165
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
129
186
102
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
6
15
Total business exitsno.
-
-
138
192
117
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year