National Regional Profile: Mersey-Lyell (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 620   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
4 589
4 928
3 495
3 298
4 380
Unemployment rate%
9.5
10.4
7.2
6.6
8.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
11 795
12 054
12 514
12 579
-
Taxable individualsno.
40 693
42 264
43 524
44 961
-
Taxable income$m
1 352.6
1 447.3
1 572.3
1 694.6
-
Average taxable income$
33 239
34 244
36 125
37 690
-
Net tax$m
287.6
314.4
344.4
371.7
-
Average net tax$
7 067
7 439
7 912
8 268
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.3
21.7
21.9
21.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
35 839
37 235
38 473
39 997
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 102.6
1 185.5
1 272.1
1 365.5
-
Total income $m
1 162.6
1 246.7
1 346.9
1 441.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 765
31 837
33 064
34 141
-
Average total income$
32 439
33 481
35 008
36 029
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.9
55.8
55.2
55.1
-
Females%
44.1
44.2
44.8
44.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.6
18.9
19.2
19.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.1
21.3
20.7
20.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.6
26.1
25.8
25.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.5
22.6
22.9
23.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.2
11.0
11.4
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.8
6.6
6.4
-
Professionals%
-
13.0
12.8
12.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.5
5.7
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.8
12.8
13.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.7
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.4
15.8
15.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.6
10.5
10.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.0
9.8
9.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.8
17.1
17.3
-
Not Stated%
-
7.3
7.2
7.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
5 630
5 368
5 203
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
158.4
148.4
149.4
-
-
Total income$m
172.0
161.7
166.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 143
27 641
28 719
-
-
Average total income$
30 544
30 122
31 932
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 713
4 680
4 698
4 797
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 473
1 647
1 890
1 944
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 323
1 443
1 551
1 539
Total businessesno.
-
7 509
7 770
8 139
8 280
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
741
726
678
Employing businessesno.
-
-
303
363
390
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 044
1 089
1 068
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
906
876
678
Employing businessesno.
-
-
57
60
291
Total business exitsno.
-
-
963
936
969
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year