National Regional Profile: Mid-Western Regional (A) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 140075274   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
125
152
136
132
121
Unemployment rate%
7.8
9.7
8.7
8.2
7.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
484
559
538
549
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 424
1 381
1 401
1 388
-
Taxable income$m
52.3
50.7
55.3
58.5
-
Average taxable income$
36 744
36 723
39 506
42 152
-
Net tax$m
12.0
11.7
13.0
13.8
-
Average net tax$
8 455
8 498
9 276
9 931
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.0
23.1
23.5
23.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 212
1 205
1 190
1 197
-
Wage and salary income $m
41.4
42.2
44.1
46.1
-
Total income $m
43.3
43.3
45.4
48.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 138
35 005
37 036
38 499
-
Average total income$
35 709
35 935
38 167
40 287
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.8
58.5
57.5
57.2
-
Females%
41.3
41.5
42.5
42.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
15.9
15.4
15.3
16.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.9
20.6
18.7
18.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.6
27.8
28.5
27.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.0
23.8
23.7
23.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.7
12.5
13.9
14.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.1
7.6
6.6
-
Professionals%
-
13.3
13.6
13.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.6
4.7
5.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.5
12.3
12.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.2
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.9
14.2
14.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.0
10.6
11.2
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.1
6.9
7.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
19.5
18.6
18.3
-
Not Stated%
-
11.6
9.3
9.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
270
225
221
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
7.1
4.8
5.1
-
-
Total income$m
7.3
5.5
6.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 342
21 165
23 122
-
-
Average total income$
27 039
24 439
27 029
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
252
219
186
204
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
87
96
105
96
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
48
51
60
60
Total businessesno.
-
387
366
351
360
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
36
33
30
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
3
9
Total business entriesno.
-
-
45
36
39
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
45
45
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
0
18
Total business exitsno.
-
-
69
45
39
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year