National Regional Profile: Southern (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 61005   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 709
1 215
940
1 645
1 626
Unemployment rate%
11.0
7.7
5.8
10.1
10.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 933
3 986
4 403
4 469
-
Taxable individualsno.
12 269
12 316
13 249
13 556
-
Taxable income$m
379.1
394.1
447.0
483.3
-
Average taxable income$
30 900
31 997
33 736
35 654
-
Net tax$m
77.1
81.8
93.2
103.7
-
Average net tax$
6 281
6 645
7 035
7 653
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.3
20.8
20.9
21.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
10 400
10 754
11 177
11 481
-
Wage and salary income $m
288.7
307.8
334.2
354.9
-
Total income $m
304.9
325.4
356.7
376.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 761
28 622
29 899
30 909
-
Average total income$
29 318
30 259
31 913
32 811
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.6
54.0
53.6
53.6
-
Females%
45.4
46.0
46.4
46.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.4
17.3
17.2
17.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.1
20.1
19.9
19.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.9
26.1
25.8
24.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.1
23.8
23.8
24.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.6
12.7
13.2
14.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
6.5
6.7
-
Professionals%
-
12.2
12.2
11.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.3
5.5
5.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.6
11.5
11.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.6
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.0
16.6
17.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.2
9.1
9.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.7
8.1
8.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
20.8
20.1
19.9
-
Not Stated%
-
9.1
8.7
8.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 255
2 257
2 191
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
63.3
63.2
64.0
-
-
Total income$m
67.9
68.2
69.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 083
27 987
29 214
-
-
Average total income$
30 111
30 238
31 547
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 037
1 995
1 860
1 890
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
474
522
615
621
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
507
552
579
600
Total businessesno.
-
3 018
3 069
3 054
3 111
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
273
291
222
Employing businessesno.
-
-
147
150
153
Total business entriesno.
-
-
420
441
375
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
381
402
258
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
45
111
Total business exitsno.
-
-
405
447
369
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year