National Regional Profile: Lota (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305111337   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
137
111
100
81
82
Unemployment rate%
9.3
7.3
6.6
5.1
5.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
297
307
317
336
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 280
1 295
1 332
1 402
-
Taxable income$m
49.0
52.1
56.7
63.5
-
Average taxable income$
38 318
40 228
42 538
45 301
-
Net tax$m
11.6
12.7
14.0
15.9
-
Average net tax$
9 053
9 783
10 494
11 344
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.6
24.3
24.7
25.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 174
1 165
1 194
1 253
-
Wage and salary income $m
41.1
42.9
46.0
50.8
-
Total income $m
43.5
45.4
48.4
53.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 011
36 815
38 535
40 573
-
Average total income$
37 020
38 939
40 521
42 594
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.1
52.5
52.7
52.3
-
Females%
47.9
47.5
47.3
47.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.9
16.7
17.5
17.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.7
22.5
22.7
21.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.6
25.8
25.3
26.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.0
22.1
21.6
21.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.8
12.9
12.8
13.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.3
9.1
10.1
-
Professionals%
-
17.3
17.2
17.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.9
7.3
7.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.0
11.0
10.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.2
3.1
2.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
20.1
20.2
20.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.9
5.9
6.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.1
8.8
8.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.3
8.9
9.3
-
Not Stated%
-
9.0
8.5
7.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
123
116
108
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.5
3.4
3.6
-
-
Total income$m
3.9
3.9
4.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 067
29 033
33 006
-
-
Average total income$
31 540
33 327
36 951
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
129
132
129
132
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
45
45
60
66
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
24
27
30
27
Total businessesno.
-
198
204
219
225
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
21
30
18
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
15
18
Total business entriesno.
-
-
27
45
36
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
36
39
36
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
0
9
Total business exitsno.
-
-
39
39
45
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year