National Regional Profile: Midlands (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 525   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 639
1 141
1 180
1 026
881
Unemployment rate%
5.7
3.8
4.0
3.5
2.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
6 846
6 170
6 778
6 637
-
Taxable individualsno.
21 247
20 543
22 035
22 449
-
Taxable income$m
744.1
764.2
882.4
938.5
-
Average taxable income$
35 021
37 199
40 047
41 806
-
Net tax$m
161.5
169.6
200.7
216.1
-
Average net tax$
7 601
8 255
9 107
9 626
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.7
22.2
22.7
23.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
15 897
15 564
15 995
16 416
-
Wage and salary income $m
469.3
486.9
529.5
573.0
-
Total income $m
492.1
510.8
557.8
602.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 519
31 280
33 106
34 907
-
Average total income$
30 956
32 821
34 871
36 691
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.4
54.5
54.2
54.0
-
Females%
45.6
45.5
45.8
46.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.3
18.7
19.5
19.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.4
21.1
20.1
19.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.6
25.2
24.1
23.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.8
22.5
22.8
23.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.9
12.6
13.5
14.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.8
7.5
7.2
-
Professionals%
-
12.8
12.7
12.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.1
6.1
6.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.8
12.8
13.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.2
2.0
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.9
15.1
15.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.7
8.9
9.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.0
7.9
7.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.3
18.1
18.2
-
Not Stated%
-
9.4
9.0
8.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
6 399
6 358
5 805
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
233.9
255.7
242.1
-
-
Total income$m
237.3
258.3
256.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
36 554
40 215
41 697
-
-
Average total income$
37 091
40 620
44 100
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
4 422
4 323
4 017
3 990
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 545
1 644
1 788
1 815
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
927
1 020
1 068
1 035
Total businessesno.
-
6 894
6 987
6 873
6 840
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
579
483
567
Employing businessesno.
-
-
237
243
348
Total business entriesno.
-
-
816
726
915
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
765
798
540
Employing businessesno.
-
-
63
48
318
Total business exitsno.
-
-
828
846
858
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year