National Regional Profile: Wellington (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA18150   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
292
315
293
293
302
Unemployment rate%
8.1
8.8
8.2
8.0
7.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
997
1 062
1 090
1 088
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 779
2 771
2 809
2 786
-
Taxable income$m
90.2
91.5
97.5
100.8
-
Average taxable income$
32 458
33 011
34 711
36 176
-
Net tax$m
18.6
19.3
20.6
21.7
-
Average net tax$
6 676
6 968
7 330
7 786
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.6
21.1
21.1
21.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 264
2 259
2 252
2 300
-
Wage and salary income $m
65.3
67.3
71.1
74.8
-
Total income $m
68.1
69.7
74.1
78.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 837
29 806
31 574
32 507
-
Average total income$
30 072
30 860
32 923
34 256
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.5
53.5
53.0
52.9
-
Females%
46.5
46.5
47.0
47.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.1
19.2
18.8
19.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.2
19.7
20.0
19.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.9
22.9
22.6
21.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.1
24.0
24.2
23.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.7
14.1
14.3
16.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.8
6.0
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
16.0
15.8
16.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
5.5
5.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.2
11.5
11.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.4
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.2
16.8
16.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.2
6.4
5.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.7
8.7
8.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.0
18.1
18.0
-
Not Stated%
-
8.9
8.8
9.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
714
613
601
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
23.7
16.9
15.9
-
-
Total income$m
21.4
18.5
18.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 166
27 506
26 500
-
-
Average total income$
29 955
30 136
30 038
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
474
465
435
429
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
132
144
165
174
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
138
144
150
162
Total businessesno.
-
744
753
750
765
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
69
45
54
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
33
39
Total business entriesno.
-
-
93
78
93
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
75
102
69
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
9
39
Total business exitsno.
-
-
84
111
108
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year