National Regional Profile: Central Goldfields (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA21670   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
663
517
563
693
638
Unemployment rate%
11.2
9.1
10.6
13.0
11.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 418
1 493
1 518
1 560
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 411
4 431
4 387
4 402
-
Taxable income$m
135.8
137.6
140.3
145.3
-
Average taxable income$
30 777
31 063
31 981
33 000
-
Net tax$m
26.5
27.7
27.8
28.6
-
Average net tax$
6 006
6 246
6 326
6 505
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.5
20.1
19.8
19.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 713
3 748
3 661
3 734
-
Wage and salary income $m
105.4
108.5
110.3
115.5
-
Total income $m
112.6
115.8
115.8
121.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 393
28 936
30 119
30 921
-
Average total income$
30 318
30 888
31 622
32 418
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.8
55.8
55.0
54.7
-
Females%
44.2
44.2
45.0
45.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.3
17.7
16.8
17.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.0
20.3
19.6
18.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.7
24.6
24.1
24.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.3
25.2
25.7
25.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.7
12.3
13.8
14.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.2
5.7
5.6
-
Professionals%
-
12.9
13.4
14.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.2
4.4
4.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
19.2
17.7
16.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.9
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.0
14.2
14.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.6
8.7
8.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.7
9.2
9.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
16.4
16.9
17.1
-
Not Stated%
-
8.8
7.9
8.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
708
628
628
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
19.5
14.1
16.4
-
-
Total income$m
20.0
15.6
18.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 484
22 453
26 101
-
-
Average total income$
28 222
24 896
28 712
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
555
537
543
483
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
135
141
168
171
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
138
147
159
159
Total businessesno.
-
828
825
870
813
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
78
60
84
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
39
42
Total business entriesno.
-
-
108
99
126
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
99
111
99
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
6
12
Total business exitsno.
-
-
99
117
111
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year