National Regional Profile: Upper Darling (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 13515   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
309
425
398
425
368
Unemployment rate%
5.6
7.8
7.3
7.6
6.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 070
1 172
1 154
1 112
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 858
3 691
3 773
3 831
-
Taxable income$m
143.5
143.0
153.7
164.1
-
Average taxable income$
37 196
38 751
40 738
42 825
-
Net tax$m
33.0
34.0
35.9
38.9
-
Average net tax$
8 555
9 223
9 505
10 148
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.0
23.8
23.3
23.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 530
3 476
3 460
3 491
-
Wage and salary income $m
124.9
126.7
131.0
141.9
-
Total income $m
127.9
128.9
138.8
145.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 374
36 449
37 864
40 656
-
Average total income$
36 240
37 091
40 105
41 782
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.2
55.9
56.3
56.9
-
Females%
42.8
44.1
43.7
43.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.2
18.2
17.6
19.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
27.7
26.8
25.7
24.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.4
26.4
26.1
24.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.4
18.1
19.7
19.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.3
10.5
10.8
11.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.5
6.0
6.5
-
Professionals%
-
14.6
14.2
14.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.4
7.7
7.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.7
13.8
13.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.3
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.4
15.3
14.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.9
11.5
13.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.6
8.1
7.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.9
14.8
14.5
-
Not Stated%
-
8.2
7.4
7.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
746
528
547
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
23.1
15.3
14.8
-
-
Total income$m
21.5
16.4
17.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 973
28 898
27 132
-
-
Average total income$
28 846
31 140
31 050
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
636
606
564
540
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
231
246
258
261
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
147
168
186
180
Total businessesno.
-
1 014
1 020
1 008
981
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
93
90
81
Employing businessesno.
-
-
33
45
57
Total business entriesno.
-
-
126
135
138
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
153
108
75
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
15
63
Total business exitsno.
-
-
156
123
138
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year