National Regional Profile: Murray (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 155   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
3 193
3 598
2 950
3 187
4 003
Unemployment rate%
5.6
6.1
4.9
5.5
6.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
12 706
13 739
13 998
14 113
-
Taxable individualsno.
47 549
48 057
48 902
49 688
-
Taxable income$m
1 671.0
1 738.4
1 867.6
1 958.8
-
Average taxable income$
35 143
36 173
38 191
39 423
-
Net tax$m
367.7
392.6
423.2
442.6
-
Average net tax$
7 733
8 169
8 654
8 907
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.0
22.6
22.7
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
39 390
40 564
40 869
41 640
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 227.7
1 313.5
1 382.9
1 458.0
-
Total income $m
1 295.9
1 386.3
1 461.8
1 539.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 167
32 382
33 838
35 014
-
Average total income$
32 900
34 176
35 767
36 963
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.5
54.0
53.9
53.4
-
Females%
45.5
46.0
46.1
46.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.1
20.2
19.9
19.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.8
21.5
21.1
21.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.4
23.5
22.9
22.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.2
22.5
22.9
23.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.5
12.3
13.2
13.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.2
8.3
8.2
-
Professionals%
-
14.6
14.8
14.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.5
5.7
5.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.6
11.6
11.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
2.0
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.9
16.2
16.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.8
7.8
8.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.6
9.5
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.6
15.8
15.5
-
Not Stated%
-
9.0
8.2
7.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
9 403
7 854
7 560
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
336.2
250.0
252.0
-
-
Total income$m
333.8
266.9
281.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 759
31 828
33 336
-
-
Average total income$
35 498
33 982
37 255
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
7 305
7 263
6 777
6 846
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 601
2 817
3 099
3 105
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 085
2 265
2 442
2 451
Total businessesno.
-
11 991
12 345
12 318
12 402
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 143
963
960
Employing businessesno.
-
-
516
639
555
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 659
1 602
1 515
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
1 218
1 335
933
Employing businessesno.
-
-
123
108
510
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 341
1 443
1 443
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year