National Regional Profile: Hobsons Bay (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA23110   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
3 091
2 504
2 575
2 310
2 209
Unemployment rate%
7.4
6.0
5.9
5.1
4.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
7 361
6 998
7 059
6 853
-
Taxable individualsno.
36 153
35 672
34 418
34 595
-
Taxable income$m
1 392.6
1 469.2
1 494.1
1 569.6
-
Average taxable income$
38 520
41 186
43 410
45 370
-
Net tax$m
333.8
363.3
371.3
390.0
-
Average net tax$
9 234
10 185
10 789
11 274
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.0
24.7
24.9
24.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
34 422
33 250
31 868
31 842
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 245.1
1 307.2
1 317.6
1 377.7
-
Total income $m
1 304.1
1 363.3
1 373.3
1 434.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 173
39 314
41 346
43 267
-
Average total income$
37 887
41 000
43 092
45 033
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.8
54.1
54.3
54.0
-
Females%
46.2
45.9
45.7
46.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.7
15.6
15.2
15.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
29.2
27.5
26.4
25.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.2
27.5
27.4
27.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
18.8
20.5
21.1
21.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.1
9.0
9.9
10.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.8
9.8
9.9
-
Professionals%
-
16.9
17.6
18.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.0
6.2
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.6
10.4
10.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.0
3.0
2.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.5
17.3
17.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.9
8.9
8.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.1
8.0
8.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.0
9.8
9.8
-
Not Stated%
-
9.1
9.0
9.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 541
2 503
2 243
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
63.2
69.8
66.5
-
-
Total income$m
73.6
79.0
74.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
24 888
27 886
29 668
-
-
Average total income$
28 957
31 570
32 971
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 654
3 639
3 420
3 471
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 068
1 224
1 383
1 470
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
675
741
819
849
Total businessesno.
-
5 397
5 604
5 622
5 790
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
795
747
798
Employing businessesno.
-
-
327
291
294
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 122
1 038
1 092
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
957
951
762
Employing businessesno.
-
-
36
42
189
Total business exitsno.
-
-
993
993
951
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year