National Regional Profile: Mid-Western Regional (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA15270   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
599
681
723
702
671
Unemployment rate%
6.5
7.0
7.2
6.8
6.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 453
2 692
2 738
2 850
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 886
7 777
7 740
7 818
-
Taxable income$m
279.4
280.0
292.8
312.9
-
Average taxable income$
35 431
36 002
37 833
40 019
-
Net tax$m
62.8
64.0
67.0
71.8
-
Average net tax$
7 960
8 232
8 654
9 179
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.5
22.9
22.9
22.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
6 839
6 803
6 702
6 849
-
Wage and salary income $m
221.1
225.5
229.2
244.6
-
Total income $m
231.4
232.6
240.5
256.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 329
33 152
34 192
35 707
-
Average total income$
33 831
34 193
35 888
37 387
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.3
55.5
54.9
54.2
-
Females%
43.7
44.5
45.1
45.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.1
18.3
17.3
17.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.5
20.5
19.6
19.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.8
26.4
26.7
26.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.3
22.3
22.6
22.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.4
12.6
13.8
14.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.3
7.7
7.7
-
Professionals%
-
13.8
14.2
14.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.9
5.3
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.0
12.7
12.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.6
2.6
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.1
14.1
14.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.6
8.9
9.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.9
9.0
10.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
18.4
17.0
16.5
-
Not Stated%
-
9.5
8.4
8.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 456
1 286
1 207
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
40.2
33.3
33.3
-
-
Total income$m
42.4
36.8
36.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 585
25 885
27 579
-
-
Average total income$
29 137
28 589
30 355
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 461
1 479
1 353
1 302
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
516
582
624
618
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
420
453
495
516
Total businessesno.
-
2 397
2 514
2 472
2 436
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
267
258
177
Employing businessesno.
-
-
84
93
111
Total business entriesno.
-
-
351
351
288
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
237
279
264
Employing businessesno.
-
-
39
15
102
Total business exitsno.
-
-
276
294
366
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year