National Regional Profile: Unincorp. West Coast (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 430109249   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
35
31
27
23
19
Unemployment rate%
12.3
9.3
7.6
6.5
5.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
86
84
87
91
-
Taxable individualsno.
240
253
250
242
-
Taxable income$m
7.2
8.2
8.4
8.6
-
Average taxable income$
30 119
32 615
33 688
35 706
-
Net tax$m
1.4
1.6
1.6
1.7
-
Average net tax$
5 682
6 326
6 571
7 102
-
Average net tax ratio%
18.9
19.4
19.5
19.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
207
204
208
206
-
Wage and salary income $m
5.9
6.2
6.6
6.8
-
Total income $m
6.3
6.6
7.1
7.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 485
30 234
31 610
33 071
-
Average total income$
30 215
32 257
33 914
35 776
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.7
52.9
52.4
51.9
-
Females%
47.3
47.1
47.6
48.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
14.5
15.2
14.9
15.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.7
22.1
22.1
20.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.6
26.0
24.5
25.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.7
23.5
24.5
24.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.6
13.2
13.9
14.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
10.8
11.7
10.7
-
Professionals%
-
14.6
14.1
13.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.5
9.3
9.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
9.4
9.8
6.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
0.0
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.9
17.1
17.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.0
7.3
8.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.3
9.8
9.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.6
15.6
16.1
-
Not Stated%
-
4.7
5.4
4.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
41
47
42
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
1.4
2.2
1.1
-
-
Total income$m
1.3
1.8
1.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 351
45 756
27 245
-
-
Average total income$
32 211
38 407
31 080
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
27
30
24
24
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
9
9
9
9
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
12
12
12
12
Total businessesno.
-
48
51
45
45
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
6
0
3
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
0
Total business entriesno.
-
-
9
0
3
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
9
6
9
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
0
Total business exitsno.
-
-
9
9
9
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year