National Regional Profile: West Central Highlands (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 22015   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
564
663
692
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
6.6
7.7
7.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 107
2 104
2 239
2 210
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 749
6 750
6 869
7 011
-
Taxable income$m
222.3
227.8
236.3
251.0
-
Average taxable income$
32 935
33 748
34 403
35 802
-
Net tax$m
44.8
48.0
49.0
52.6
-
Average net tax$
6 632
7 113
7 134
7 507
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.1
21.1
20.7
21.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 560
5 657
5 743
5 866
-
Wage and salary income $m
158.6
168.6
177.1
189.1
-
Total income $m
168.4
177.4
186.6
199.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 519
29 802
30 839
32 231
-
Average total income$
30 296
31 362
32 496
34 079
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.2
54.9
54.6
54.1
-
Females%
44.8
45.1
45.4
45.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.6
18.2
18.0
18.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.1
20.7
19.9
19.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.1
24.2
24.1
24.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
25.3
25.1
25.3
25.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.9
11.7
12.7
13.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.7
6.7
6.7
-
Professionals%
-
15.0
14.8
15.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.8
4.6
4.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.2
13.1
13.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.3
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.6
15.6
15.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.3
6.1
6.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.6
9.9
9.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
20.2
21.1
20.7
-
Not Stated%
-
6.8
6.8
6.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 351
1 276
1 134
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
51.8
49.6
35.6
-
-
Total income$m
50.5
48.0
39.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
38 347
38 875
31 373
-
-
Average total income$
37 361
37 595
35 142
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 029
954
915
909
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
399
441
483
465
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
351
369
405
411
Total businessesno.
-
1 779
1 764
1 803
1 785
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
105
129
117
Employing businessesno.
-
-
72
84
120
Total business entriesno.
-
-
177
213
237
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
201
162
141
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
39
117
Total business exitsno.
-
-
222
201
258
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year