National Regional Profile: Farrer (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 805152439   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
68
66
55
50
46
Unemployment rate%
3.2
3.3
2.8
2.5
2.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
326
319
325
303
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 884
1 921
1 916
1 936
-
Taxable income$m
88.3
95.1
100.7
106.3
-
Average taxable income$
46 843
49 492
52 539
54 916
-
Net tax$m
23.1
25.7
27.4
28.8
-
Average net tax$
12 247
13 382
14 323
14 861
-
Average net tax ratio%
26.1
27.0
27.3
27.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 506
1 514
1 497
1 487
-
Wage and salary income $m
65.4
69.5
72.0
75.8
-
Total income $m
70.0
74.2
76.8
80.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
43 416
45 913
48 065
50 982
-
Average total income$
46 510
49 032
51 291
54 324
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.2
49.9
50.0
50.0
-
Females%
49.8
50.1
50.0
50.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.1
17.0
17.1
17.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.7
20.7
20.2
19.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.1
24.2
23.7
23.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.5
22.5
23.3
23.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
14.6
15.6
15.6
16.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.9
7.7
7.8
-
Professionals%
-
24.5
25.5
25.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.2
7.5
7.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
4.2
4.3
4.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.7
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.7
16.4
16.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
2.1
1.9
1.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.7
7.3
7.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
2.6
2.6
2.5
-
Not Stated%
-
24.3
24.0
24.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
123
122
110
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
4.9
5.2
5.5
-
-
Total income$m
5.6
6.0
6.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
39 680
42 591
49 555
-
-
Average total income$
45 250
48 824
55 526
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
132
129
114
111
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
42
45
51
51
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
12
18
21
24
Total businessesno.
-
186
192
186
186
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
12
30
24
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
3
9
Total business entriesno.
-
-
15
33
33
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
39
30
24
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
6
3
Total business exitsno.
-
-
39
36
27
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year