National Regional Profile: Meander Valley (M) - Pt A (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 615054211   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
254
307
267
179
181
Unemployment rate%
7.0
7.5
6.2
4.1
4.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
842
835
882
859
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 714
3 849
3 991
4 081
-
Taxable income$m
127.7
137.5
151.9
163.8
-
Average taxable income$
34 382
35 727
38 060
40 133
-
Net tax$m
28.2
31.1
34.8
37.9
-
Average net tax$
7 588
8 073
8 710
9 278
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.1
22.6
22.9
23.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 319
3 395
3 526
3 600
-
Wage and salary income $m
105.0
111.0
120.9
128.4
-
Total income $m
110.8
116.8
128.0
136.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 638
32 702
34 273
35 662
-
Average total income$
33 383
34 409
36 306
37 862
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.5
52.3
52.2
52.0
-
Females%
47.5
47.7
47.8
48.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.1
18.8
18.8
19.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.8
24.7
23.9
22.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.2
24.2
24.7
24.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.8
22.1
22.0
22.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.1
10.1
10.6
11.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.0
7.9
7.7
-
Professionals%
-
17.7
17.9
17.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.9
6.8
6.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.7
10.5
10.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
1.8
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.5
19.0
19.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.7
6.8
6.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.3
11.4
11.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
9.2
9.5
9.8
-
Not Stated%
-
8.9
8.3
8.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
333
334
330
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
9.6
10.6
11.3
-
-
Total income$m
11.0
12.1
12.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 749
31 770
34 204
-
-
Average total income$
32 952
36 234
38 958
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
240
243
219
228
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
72
81
105
105
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
60
60
63
60
Total businessesno.
-
372
384
387
393
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
60
48
39
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
30
9
Total business entriesno.
-
-
72
78
48
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
48
54
24
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
3
Total business exitsno.
-
-
54
57
27
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year