National Regional Profile: West Ovens-Murray (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 24510   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
792
743
676
804
976
Unemployment rate%
5.0
4.7
4.2
4.9
5.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 724
3 955
4 076
3 961
-
Taxable individualsno.
13 029
13 331
13 570
14 018
-
Taxable income$m
435.1
465.3
494.8
532.9
-
Average taxable income$
33 397
34 901
36 465
38 016
-
Net tax$m
91.8
102.6
108.4
117.6
-
Average net tax$
7 043
7 700
7 989
8 391
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.1
22.1
21.9
22.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
11 507
11 777
11 898
12 186
-
Wage and salary income $m
340.4
363.9
381.3
404.6
-
Total income $m
362.1
383.8
405.2
428.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 585
30 902
32 044
33 199
-
Average total income$
31 464
32 584
34 055
35 185
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.6
53.2
52.9
53.2
-
Females%
46.4
46.8
47.1
46.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.9
19.0
19.0
19.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.0
21.0
20.3
19.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.6
23.8
23.8
22.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.8
24.0
24.5
24.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.7
12.2
12.5
13.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.5
7.4
7.4
-
Professionals%
-
16.5
16.5
16.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.3
6.9
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.8
12.0
11.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.9
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.1
13.9
14.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.4
7.3
7.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.5
9.8
10.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.3
16.9
16.6
-
Not Stated%
-
7.7
7.4
7.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 868
1 757
1 735
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
50.2
46.0
49.7
-
-
Total income$m
54.5
51.2
55.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 872
26 186
28 671
-
-
Average total income$
29 176
29 114
31 919
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 947
1 938
1 812
1 917
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
669
720
789
816
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
459
495
528
552
Total businessesno.
-
3 075
3 153
3 129
3 285
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
201
240
297
Employing businessesno.
-
-
114
144
111
Total business entriesno.
-
-
315
384
408
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
294
309
195
Employing businessesno.
-
-
42
27
111
Total business exitsno.
-
-
336
336
306
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year