National Regional Profile: South Perth (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA57840   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 000
923
872
839
661
Unemployment rate%
4.7
4.3
3.9
3.7
2.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 819
3 943
4 069
3 963
-
Taxable individualsno.
17 725
18 346
18 685
19 736
-
Taxable income$m
796.4
867.4
945.9
1 078.9
-
Average taxable income$
44 928
47 279
50 623
54 665
-
Net tax$m
212.6
238.7
263.8
305.5
-
Average net tax$
11 995
13 011
14 119
15 482
-
Average net tax ratio%
26.7
27.5
27.9
28.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
15 022
15 441
15 724
16 442
-
Wage and salary income $m
602.3
645.8
682.3
750.5
-
Total income $m
638.9
685.7
731.8
814.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
40 095
41 822
43 390
45 643
-
Average total income$
42 531
44 407
46 538
49 527
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.2
51.4
51.2
51.4
-
Females%
48.8
48.6
48.8
48.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.7
20.9
20.9
21.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.0
26.7
26.7
26.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
20.5
20.0
19.7
19.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.3
20.9
20.5
19.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.6
11.4
12.2
13.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
11.0
10.7
10.4
-
Professionals%
-
28.9
29.1
29.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.5
8.4
8.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
5.5
5.4
5.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.9
3.7
3.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.9
17.0
17.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.6
2.8
3.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.6
7.4
7.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
4.4
5.0
5.4
-
Not Stated%
-
10.6
10.3
10.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 543
1 503
1 415
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
68.2
73.6
77.6
-
-
Total income$m
77.6
82.4
85.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
44 170
48 939
54 813
-
-
Average total income$
50 269
54 815
60 421
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 706
2 607
2 550
2 625
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
735
855
975
1 011
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
468
516
564
555
Total businessesno.
-
3 909
3 978
4 089
4 191
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
510
501
510
Employing businessesno.
-
-
207
192
234
Total business entriesno.
-
-
717
693
744
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
657
600
477
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
24
177
Total business exitsno.
-
-
681
624
654
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year