National Regional Profile: Northern Midlands (M) - Pt B (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 615104612   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
155
175
171
119
123
Unemployment rate%
7.1
8.1
7.8
5.4
5.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
542
502
576
595
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 818
1 780
1 900
1 921
-
Taxable income$m
60.8
60.4
69.0
73.6
-
Average taxable income$
33 428
33 954
36 308
38 325
-
Net tax$m
12.9
13.0
15.3
16.7
-
Average net tax$
7 083
7 328
8 039
8 680
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.2
21.6
22.1
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 505
1 518
1 563
1 592
-
Wage and salary income $m
41.4
43.4
47.4
49.8
-
Total income $m
43.8
45.7
50.6
53.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 517
28 571
30 341
31 291
-
Average total income$
29 119
30 100
32 380
33 578
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.9
57.9
57.3
56.7
-
Females%
42.1
42.1
42.7
43.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.1
20.1
19.0
19.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.1
22.3
21.7
20.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.7
24.5
24.4
23.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.1
22.5
23.0
23.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.0
10.7
11.9
12.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.7
8.3
7.4
-
Professionals%
-
10.4
10.4
10.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.5
4.9
4.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.7
13.8
14.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.2
1.3
1.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.1
14.6
15.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.7
8.3
9.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.2
8.6
8.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
21.9
22.2
22.7
-
Not Stated%
-
7.7
7.4
6.6
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
376
371
326
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
14.0
12.9
11.8
-
-
Total income$m
14.2
13.7
13.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
37 345
34 769
36 315
-
-
Average total income$
37 809
36 811
39 939
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
288
279
264
291
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
102
99
99
84
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
108
105
117
108
Total businessesno.
-
498
483
480
483
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
57
39
54
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
12
51
Total business entriesno.
-
-
69
51
105
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
33
33
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
9
42
Total business exitsno.
-
-
51
42
75
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year