National Regional Profile: South Gippsland (S) - East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 255206174   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
157
129
144
160
130
Unemployment rate%
5.8
4.7
4.9
5.3
4.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
837
891
1 007
943
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 553
2 404
2 513
2 534
-
Taxable income$m
82.9
77.1
84.3
94.0
-
Average taxable income$
32 466
32 076
33 526
37 110
-
Net tax$m
16.4
16.2
17.6
19.9
-
Average net tax$
6 433
6 753
6 987
7 861
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.8
21.1
20.8
21.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 700
1 719
1 753
1 714
-
Wage and salary income $m
47.0
48.7
51.4
53.0
-
Total income $m
50.3
51.6
54.6
56.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 619
28 303
29 331
30 905
-
Average total income$
29 586
30 042
31 124
33 063
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.0
52.4
51.5
51.7
-
Females%
46.0
47.6
48.5
48.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.4
19.7
20.4
21.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.5
18.0
16.7
16.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
21.2
21.4
21.4
21.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
26.6
26.4
27.0
25.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.3
14.5
14.4
16.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.8
8.2
8.3
-
Professionals%
-
18.4
18.5
18.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.1
5.9
6.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.5
11.7
11.0
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.9
1.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.6
14.8
15.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.3
8.5
8.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.3
7.9
9.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.9
16.2
16.7
-
Not Stated%
-
5.6
6.5
5.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 037
948
853
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
33.8
23.4
22.8
-
-
Total income$m
35.0
27.3
26.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
32 637
24 681
26 710
-
-
Average total income$
33 776
28 838
30 583
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
531
540
522
489
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
216
246
249
240
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
72
75
84
87
Total businessesno.
-
819
861
855
816
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
72
57
63
Employing businessesno.
-
-
27
18
36
Total business entriesno.
-
-
99
75
99
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
87
87
66
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
6
30
Total business exitsno.
-
-
99
93
96
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year