National Regional Profile: Southern Midlands (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA65010   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
308
219
174
293
275
Unemployment rate%
11.6
8.0
6.3
10.4
10.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
573
573
641
640
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 902
1 856
2 043
2 095
-
Taxable income$m
60.4
59.2
68.3
76.7
-
Average taxable income$
31 732
31 905
33 449
36 592
-
Net tax$m
12.4
12.3
14.1
17.1
-
Average net tax$
6 500
6 603
6 886
8 156
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.5
20.7
20.6
22.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 598
1 656
1 725
1 778
-
Wage and salary income $m
44.3
47.2
51.3
55.7
-
Total income $m
46.3
49.3
53.9
58.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 727
28 493
29 745
31 338
-
Average total income$
28 981
29 771
31 227
32 850
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.4
57.2
56.2
55.2
-
Females%
42.6
42.8
43.8
44.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.1
19.6
19.2
18.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.3
23.2
22.6
22.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.2
25.3
25.6
25.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.4
21.5
21.4
22.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.9
10.4
11.1
12.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.9
5.8
6.9
-
Professionals%
-
8.9
8.5
7.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.8
4.7
5.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
16.5
16.6
15.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.2
1.6
1.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.7
17.1
17.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.3
9.4
10.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.3
9.5
10.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
19.2
19.4
18.6
-
Not Stated%
-
9.2
7.5
7.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
419
373
376
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
14.7
12.2
12.2
-
-
Total income$m
14.6
12.1
12.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
35 102
32 642
32 472
-
-
Average total income$
34 854
32 346
33 678
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
372
360
339
339
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
93
105
123
120
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
114
120
129
129
Total businessesno.
-
579
585
591
588
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
75
54
33
Employing businessesno.
-
-
21
45
33
Total business entriesno.
-
-
96
99
66
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
75
81
39
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
12
21
Total business exitsno.
-
-
78
93
60
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year