National Regional Profile: Darebin (C) - Preston (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205301892   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
3 918
3 997
3 800
3 999
3 368
Unemployment rate%
10.6
10.8
10.4
10.5
8.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
6 796
7 158
7 784
7 794
-
Taxable individualsno.
30 870
31 341
31 791
32 625
-
Taxable income$m
1 045.2
1 099.4
1 167.8
1 247.4
-
Average taxable income$
33 859
35 079
36 732
38 234
-
Net tax$m
225.1
242.8
257.4
276.7
-
Average net tax$
7 291
7 748
8 098
8 480
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.5
22.1
22.0
22.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
28 474
28 781
29 314
30 126
-
Wage and salary income $m
925.5
972.0
1 034.9
1 105.7
-
Total income $m
972.6
1 017.5
1 078.7
1 153.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 504
33 773
35 303
36 704
-
Average total income$
34 159
35 353
36 798
38 283
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.0
53.8
53.7
54.3
-
Females%
46.0
46.2
46.3
45.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.2
17.1
16.6
17.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
31.5
30.9
30.5
29.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.6
25.5
25.7
25.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
16.7
17.4
17.8
18.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.0
9.2
9.4
10.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.3
7.2
7.4
-
Professionals%
-
15.8
16.1
16.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.7
6.0
6.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.9
10.7
10.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.6
2.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.6
17.7
17.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.3
8.0
7.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.4
10.4
10.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.3
12.2
12.1
-
Not Stated%
-
8.8
9.0
9.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 699
2 698
2 624
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
55.3
57.5
58.4
-
-
Total income$m
61.0
63.8
65.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
20 484
21 306
22 262
-
-
Average total income$
22 614
23 655
24 819
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 873
3 798
3 612
3 759
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
945
1 167
1 317
1 386
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
696
759
822
816
Total businessesno.
-
5 514
5 724
5 751
5 961
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
825
759
783
Employing businessesno.
-
-
276
270
234
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 101
1 029
1 017
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
894
981
645
Employing businessesno.
-
-
57
57
216
Total business exitsno.
-
-
951
1 038
861
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year