National Regional Profile: West Barwon (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 21015   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
731
957
985
1 128
970
Unemployment rate%
3.9
4.9
5.2
5.7
4.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 230
4 492
4 716
4 684
-
Taxable individualsno.
15 899
16 029
16 483
16 867
-
Taxable income$m
543.2
559.6
600.0
649.2
-
Average taxable income$
34 165
34 911
36 401
38 491
-
Net tax$m
115.9
123.4
131.9
143.5
-
Average net tax$
7 292
7 697
8 002
8 511
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.3
22.0
22.0
22.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
13 248
13 688
13 911
14 235
-
Wage and salary income $m
404.2
432.1
459.4
491.7
-
Total income $m
425.1
451.1
481.4
513.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 509
31 570
33 022
34 538
-
Average total income$
32 090
32 957
34 605
36 092
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.6
55.4
55.4
55.0
-
Females%
44.4
44.6
44.6
45.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.6
19.9
20.1
20.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.1
21.3
20.7
19.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.9
25.2
24.7
24.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.6
23.0
23.2
22.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.8
10.6
11.4
12.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.3
7.5
7.6
-
Professionals%
-
15.3
14.8
14.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.1
5.1
5.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.3
13.3
13.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.9
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.8
14.9
14.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.7
8.6
8.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.7
10.3
10.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.7
16.6
16.5
-
Not Stated%
-
7.0
7.1
7.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 188
2 972
2 807
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
110.4
94.5
84.5
-
-
Total income$m
111.1
99.0
91.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
34 639
31 813
30 096
-
-
Average total income$
34 857
33 314
32 470
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 364
2 334
2 211
2 265
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
642
732
813
852
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
411
441
483
480
Total businessesno.
-
3 417
3 507
3 507
3 597
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
333
336
285
Employing businessesno.
-
-
132
213
159
Total business entriesno.
-
-
465
549
444
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
363
423
318
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
24
141
Total business exitsno.
-
-
411
447
459
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year