National Regional Profile: Stirling (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA57910   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
6 676
6 465
5 441
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
7.0
6.5
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
18 056
18 210
18 743
18 189
-
Taxable individualsno.
76 612
79 082
81 947
84 933
-
Taxable income$m
2 909.0
3 157.6
3 472.4
3 872.3
-
Average taxable income$
37 970
39 929
42 373
45 593
-
Net tax$m
695.5
778.3
861.8
979.9
-
Average net tax$
9 079
9 841
10 517
11 538
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.9
24.6
24.8
25.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
66 299
67 695
70 088
72 347
-
Wage and salary income $m
2 328.8
2 485.6
2 708.4
2 980.0
-
Total income $m
2 458.4
2 619.1
2 854.3
3 155.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 125
36 718
38 643
41 191
-
Average total income$
37 081
38 690
40 725
43 611
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.5
50.6
50.8
51.1
-
Females%
49.5
49.4
49.2
48.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.9
19.0
19.3
19.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
28.8
28.4
28.1
27.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
21.8
21.8
21.8
21.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.6
19.6
19.4
19.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.8
11.2
11.5
12.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.3
8.3
8.4
-
Professionals%
-
23.0
23.2
23.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.7
7.9
8.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.3
8.3
8.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.6
3.4
3.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.9
17.7
17.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.4
4.6
4.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.8
8.9
8.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.2
7.4
7.5
-
Not Stated%
-
10.6
10.2
10.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
8 265
8 282
7 982
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
258.3
276.2
292.3
-
-
Total income$m
282.8
303.8
322.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 251
33 346
36 620
-
-
Average total income$
34 223
36 688
40 424
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
10 926
10 731
10 323
10 542
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
2 565
2 955
3 447
3 798
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
2 193
2 385
2 607
2 565
Total businessesno.
-
15 684
16 071
16 377
16 905
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 205
1 932
2 109
Employing businessesno.
-
-
741
747
864
Total business entriesno.
-
-
2 946
2 679
2 973
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
2 355
2 469
1 905
Employing businessesno.
-
-
75
144
576
Total business exitsno.
-
-
2 430
2 613
2 481
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year