National Regional Profile: Baw Baw (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA20830   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
873
772
784
937
762
Unemployment rate%
5.3
4.3
4.0
4.6
3.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
4 232
4 525
4 687
4 646
-
Taxable individualsno.
14 985
15 522
15 781
16 235
-
Taxable income$m
513.2
549.0
583.1
626.7
-
Average taxable income$
34 250
35 369
36 950
38 604
-
Net tax$m
110.9
123.5
130.9
139.9
-
Average net tax$
7 403
7 958
8 293
8 619
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.6
22.5
22.4
22.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
12 613
13 156
13 413
13 707
-
Wage and salary income $m
393.1
424.1
454.1
481.3
-
Total income $m
414.5
448.3
478.3
508.0
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 165
32 233
33 854
35 117
-
Average total income$
32 865
34 073
35 658
37 064
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.1
53.9
53.4
53.6
-
Females%
45.9
46.1
46.6
46.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.1
20.4
20.1
20.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.4
19.9
19.4
18.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.0
24.9
24.2
23.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.1
23.5
24.2
24.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.4
11.3
12.1
13.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.0
8.0
7.9
-
Professionals%
-
17.3
17.2
17.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
5.8
6.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.1
13.4
13.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.2
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.6
14.9
15.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.3
8.6
8.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.5
10.1
9.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.9
12.3
13.0
-
Not Stated%
-
8.3
7.5
7.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 042
2 876
2 678
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
91.0
75.3
70.2
-
-
Total income$m
96.1
81.9
79.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 906
26 174
26 220
-
-
Average total income$
31 607
28 479
29 652
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 739
2 730
2 598
2 700
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
789
888
1 002
960
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
453
510
564
567
Total businessesno.
-
3 981
4 128
4 164
4 227
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
459
378
384
Employing businessesno.
-
-
147
180
156
Total business entriesno.
-
-
606
558
540
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
417
459
342
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
36
177
Total business exitsno.
-
-
447
495
519
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year