National Regional Profile: Geelong (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210052753   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
403
473
457
542
502
Unemployment rate%
6.2
7.5
7.7
8.6
7.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 153
1 193
1 252
1 224
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 132
5 296
5 312
5 435
-
Taxable income$m
198.6
215.3
229.3
243.2
-
Average taxable income$
38 689
40 657
43 168
44 740
-
Net tax$m
48.0
53.8
57.9
60.7
-
Average net tax$
9 358
10 150
10 899
11 170
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.2
25.0
25.2
25.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 479
4 634
4 621
4 714
-
Wage and salary income $m
157.1
170.1
176.5
187.0
-
Total income $m
165.8
179.2
185.4
197.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 074
36 698
38 202
39 678
-
Average total income$
37 015
38 675
40 124
41 959
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.9
53.7
53.1
52.7
-
Females%
46.1
46.3
46.9
47.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.7
19.3
19.8
19.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.0
25.6
24.5
24.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.5
24.0
23.2
23.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.7
21.2
21.9
22.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.2
9.9
10.6
11.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.6
8.5
8.4
-
Professionals%
-
19.0
19.4
19.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.2
6.6
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.4
11.3
11.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.3
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.3
15.3
15.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.3
7.5
7.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.4
9.8
9.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.5
10.3
10.5
-
Not Stated%
-
9.8
9.0
8.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
462
436
416
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
15.4
14.6
16.2
-
-
Total income$m
17.8
16.9
20.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 324
33 544
38 982
-
-
Average total income$
38 541
38 819
48 554
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 686
1 587
1 476
1 524
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
579
630
741
753
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
582
660
729
735
Total businessesno.
-
2 847
2 877
2 946
3 012
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
303
279
276
Employing businessesno.
-
-
165
195
165
Total business entriesno.
-
-
468
474
441
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
360
357
234
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
30
138
Total business exitsno.
-
-
381
387
372
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year