National Regional Profile: Ballarat (C) - South (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 220050574   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 134
856
865
982
1 089
Unemployment rate%
11.6
8.4
8.2
9.2
9.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 262
2 415
2 490
2 481
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 995
9 283
9 494
9 896
-
Taxable income$m
301.4
324.5
347.1
378.0
-
Average taxable income$
33 512
34 959
36 558
38 197
-
Net tax$m
64.8
72.1
77.0
84.4
-
Average net tax$
7 208
7 766
8 114
8 526
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.5
22.2
22.2
22.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
8 242
8 514
8 718
8 995
-
Wage and salary income $m
256.2
275.0
291.9
312.1
-
Total income $m
269.6
289.0
305.8
329.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 090
32 299
33 477
34 701
-
Average total income$
32 711
33 939
35 078
36 593
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.1
52.8
52.6
52.5
-
Females%
46.9
47.2
47.4
47.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.2
20.1
20.4
20.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.6
24.6
23.9
23.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.0
24.4
24.0
23.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.7
21.7
21.8
21.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.5
9.2
9.9
11.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.9
8.2
8.3
-
Professionals%
-
17.4
17.1
17.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
5.9
6.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.3
12.0
12.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.2
2.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.7
16.4
17.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.1
7.0
6.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.3
11.8
11.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.8
10.9
11.2
-
Not Stated%
-
8.3
8.5
7.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
831
798
745
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
22.5
22.8
22.3
-
-
Total income$m
24.7
25.0
24.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 018
28 580
29 989
-
-
Average total income$
29 743
31 290
32 595
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
684
672
657
639
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
309
360
405
390
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
144
156
165
156
Total businessesno.
-
1 137
1 188
1 227
1 185
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
114
198
84
Employing businessesno.
-
-
81
102
42
Total business entriesno.
-
-
195
300
126
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
144
165
123
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
18
45
Total business exitsno.
-
-
150
183
168
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year