National Regional Profile: Whyalla (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 43505   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 303
1 255
1 254
830
671
Unemployment rate%
11.4
11.8
11.8
7.9
6.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 850
1 840
1 989
2 010
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 775
7 796
7 931
8 134
-
Taxable income$m
287.2
300.3
324.8
348.7
-
Average taxable income$
36 939
38 521
40 950
42 868
-
Net tax$m
65.4
70.0
76.5
82.7
-
Average net tax$
8 412
8 974
9 649
10 168
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.8
23.3
23.6
23.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
7 499
7 525
7 637
7 865
-
Wage and salary income $m
271.2
283.0
301.3
323.5
-
Total income $m
280.6
292.7
315.0
337.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 162
37 610
39 456
41 136
-
Average total income$
37 411
38 894
41 243
42 928
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.5
58.9
58.6
58.4
-
Females%
41.5
41.1
41.4
41.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
15.9
16.0
16.1
17.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.1
23.8
23.2
21.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
29.0
28.0
27.9
27.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.8
21.4
21.5
21.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.1
10.9
11.4
11.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.2
8.1
8.0
-
Professionals%
-
13.9
14.1
13.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.9
5.8
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.6
14.9
14.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
1.6
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.9
12.3
12.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
12.5
12.4
12.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.0
10.2
10.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.0
12.6
13.5
-
Not Stated%
-
7.5
8.0
7.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
434
416
392
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
9.2
9.6
9.9
-
-
Total income$m
10.4
10.7
10.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
21 249
23 123
25 206
-
-
Average total income$
23 918
25 776
27 821
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
501
477
429
444
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
138
159
174
204
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
150
165
177
168
Total businessesno.
-
789
801
780
816
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
78
87
84
Employing businessesno.
-
-
33
39
45
Total business entriesno.
-
-
111
126
129
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
114
117
75
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
15
33
Total business exitsno.
-
-
123
132
108
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year