National Regional Profile: Perth (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 505   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
141 700
146 478
152 654
150 215
-
Taxable individualsno.
620 470
641 842
663 703
692 276
-
Taxable income$m
24 005.7
25 953.0
28 607.8
31 937.7
-
Average taxable income$
38 690
40 435
43 103
46 134
-
Net tax$m
5 833.9
6 472.2
7 213.4
8 187.7
-
Average net tax$
9 402
10 084
10 869
11 827
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.3
24.9
25.2
25.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
549 591
564 313
583 862
608 092
-
Wage and salary income $m
19 264.6
20 638.2
22 448.3
24 752.8
-
Total income $m
20 324.1
21 704.1
23 652.5
26 155.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
35 053
36 572
38 448
40 706
-
Average total income$
36 980
38 461
40 511
43 013
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.7
52.8
52.8
52.8
-
Females%
47.3
47.2
47.2
47.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.8
19.9
20.2
20.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.4
24.1
23.8
23.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.6
23.3
23.0
22.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.8
21.7
21.5
21.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
11.0
11.5
12.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.2
8.2
8.1
-
Professionals%
-
19.4
19.4
19.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.4
7.6
7.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.2
10.2
10.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.1
2.9
2.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.8
17.9
17.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.2
6.4
6.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.4
9.5
9.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
7.7
7.8
8.1
-
Not Stated%
-
10.6
10.2
9.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
69 913
69 538
66 966
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
2 214.1
2 377.0
2 497.6
-
-
Total income$m
2 424.1
2 607.3
2 743.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 669
34 183
37 296
-
-
Average total income$
34 673
37 495
40 961
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
91 584
88 950
84 987
86 286
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
22 821
26 037
30 402
32 499
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
17 898
19 875
21 642
21 642
Total businessesno.
-
132 303
134 862
137 031
140 427
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
17 820
16 512
17 184
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6 042
7 110
7 110
Total business entriesno.
-
-
23 862
23 622
24 294
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
20 496
20 271
15 702
Employing businessesno.
-
-
810
1 158
5 055
Total business exitsno.
-
-
21 306
21 429
20 757
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year