National Regional Profile: Hobsons Bay (C) - Altona (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205103111   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 212
1 807
1 862
1 674
1 583
Unemployment rate%
8.2
6.8
6.8
5.9
5.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 324
4 529
4 510
4 348
-
Taxable individualsno.
22 089
22 229
20 822
20 760
-
Taxable income$m
797.7
837.2
816.9
843.0
-
Average taxable income$
36 114
37 664
39 230
40 607
-
Net tax$m
178.6
193.0
187.4
192.7
-
Average net tax$
8 088
8 682
8 998
9 284
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.4
23.1
22.9
22.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
20 863
21 064
19 629
19 476
-
Wage and salary income $m
726.9
766.6
744.3
770.4
-
Total income $m
759.2
796.2
772.1
797.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 841
36 392
37 917
39 558
-
Average total income$
36 388
37 797
39 336
40 949
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.5
55.4
55.8
55.7
-
Females%
44.5
44.6
44.2
44.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.2
17.1
17.2
17.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
28.8
27.4
26.2
25.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.8
26.3
26.0
26.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.4
19.9
20.5
20.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.8
9.2
10.0
10.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.3
7.2
7.4
-
Professionals%
-
12.2
12.5
12.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.5
5.7
5.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.1
11.8
11.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.7
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.1
18.0
17.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
11.6
11.7
11.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.0
9.0
9.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.4
12.4
12.2
-
Not Stated%
-
9.2
9.0
9.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 575
1 505
1 326
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
32.5
33.8
31.4
-
-
Total income$m
36.2
37.3
34.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
20 645
22 477
23 650
-
-
Average total income$
23 002
24 815
26 092
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 998
2 010
1 872
1 899
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
531
591
687
741
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
369
408
441
453
Total businessesno.
-
2 898
3 009
3 000
3 093
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
462
441
426
Employing businessesno.
-
-
180
147
150
Total business entriesno.
-
-
642
588
576
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
579
534
432
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
39
102
Total business exitsno.
-
-
597
573
534
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year