National Regional Profile: Murrindindi (S) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 240205622   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
154
158
149
158
195
Unemployment rate%
4.3
4.2
3.8
4.0
4.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
874
887
971
929
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 260
3 296
3 355
3 443
-
Taxable income$m
112.3
115.5
125.2
135.2
-
Average taxable income$
34 439
35 059
37 318
39 272
-
Net tax$m
24.4
25.6
27.9
30.3
-
Average net tax$
7 471
7 772
8 314
8 806
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.7
22.2
22.3
22.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 827
2 799
2 891
2 941
-
Wage and salary income $m
90.3
93.0
100.4
106.3
-
Total income $m
95.0
96.8
104.9
111.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 923
33 209
34 733
36 136
-
Average total income$
33 616
34 583
36 268
37 764
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.9
53.6
53.7
53.1
-
Females%
46.1
46.4
46.3
46.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
15.5
14.9
15.3
15.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.2
22.4
20.8
20.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.4
26.1
25.7
25.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.5
24.2
24.9
24.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.4
12.3
13.3
14.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.2
9.3
9.3
-
Professionals%
-
16.4
16.8
16.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
5.8
5.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
15.2
14.9
14.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.0
2.8
2.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.5
15.7
16.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.2
7.8
8.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.2
7.1
7.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.8
12.1
12.4
-
Not Stated%
-
7.7
7.9
7.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
577
548
512
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
13.3
11.7
12.4
-
-
Total income$m
14.5
13.3
13.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 000
21 432
24 171
-
-
Average total income$
25 050
24 179
26 840
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
711
657
648
663
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
165
183
207
198
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
84
87
93
84
Total businessesno.
-
960
927
948
945
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
105
102
81
Employing businessesno.
-
-
33
39
30
Total business entriesno.
-
-
138
141
111
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
144
120
90
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
9
30
Total business exitsno.
-
-
150
129
120
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year