National Regional Profile: Carrara-Merrimac (Statistical Local Area)  
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
608
526
479
359
357
Unemployment rate%
7.5
6.1
5.5
4.0
3.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 692
1 816
1 851
1 938
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 642
7 280
7 476
7 853
-
Taxable income$m
215.5
247.2
277.4
297.7
-
Average taxable income$
32 448
33 959
37 110
37 912
-
Net tax$m
46.2
54.6
63.5
66.9
-
Average net tax$
6 955
7 504
8 498
8 519
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.4
22.1
22.9
22.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 930
6 423
6 584
6 944
-
Wage and salary income $m
176.3
198.5
215.1
237.5
-
Total income $m
184.9
209.3
226.8
249.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 735
30 911
32 677
34 204
-
Average total income$
31 173
32 588
34 442
35 864
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
50.5
50.7
51.1
50.6
-
Females%
49.5
49.3
48.9
49.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.5
20.3
20.9
21.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.5
25.6
24.7
23.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.5
24.4
24.3
24.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.8
19.4
19.4
19.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.7
10.3
10.6
11.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
10.1
10.1
10.0
-
Professionals%
-
12.4
12.4
12.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
8.0
8.0
8.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.3
11.6
11.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.1
3.1
3.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.9
18.8
19.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.6
5.8
5.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.2
12.8
13.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.4
8.5
8.9
-
Not Stated%
-
9.0
8.9
8.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
980
1 028
964
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
24.9
27.5
27.9
-
-
Total income$m
27.0
29.8
30.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 395
26 754
28 983
-
-
Average total income$
27 511
29 027
31 734
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
978
1 002
1 035
1 080
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
255
270
336
381
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
135
165
189
195
Total businessesno.
-
1 368
1 437
1 560
1 656
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
252
255
255
Employing businessesno.
-
-
57
93
84
Total business entriesno.
-
-
309
348
339
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
261
231
225
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
6
51
Total business exitsno.
-
-
264
237
276
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year