National Regional Profile: Latrobe (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA63810   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
339
369
281
251
335
Unemployment rate%
9.6
9.9
7.2
6.2
7.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
902
908
982
1 013
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 513
3 696
3 839
3 924
-
Taxable income$m
117.9
129.9
140.7
151.3
-
Average taxable income$
33 563
35 155
36 638
38 551
-
Net tax$m
25.2
28.5
31.2
33.6
-
Average net tax$
7 171
7 724
8 139
8 551
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.4
22.0
22.2
22.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 009
3 144
3 289
3 365
-
Wage and salary income $m
92.4
100.1
110.9
117.2
-
Total income $m
97.8
105.8
117.2
124.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 699
31 837
33 728
34 824
-
Average total income$
32 508
33 640
35 644
36 904
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.7
55.5
54.3
54.4
-
Females%
44.3
44.5
45.7
45.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.5
17.9
18.5
18.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.7
21.0
20.4
20.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.5
26.8
25.6
24.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.9
22.8
24.2
24.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.3
11.5
11.3
12.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.5
7.8
8.1
-
Professionals%
-
13.7
13.2
13.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.6
5.6
5.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.6
13.0
12.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
2.2
1.6
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.3
15.0
15.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.5
9.5
9.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.9
8.6
9.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.8
17.6
17.0
-
Not Stated%
-
8.3
7.6
7.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
514
503
478
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
14.0
15.2
13.4
-
-
Total income$m
15.6
16.7
15.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
27 247
30 146
28 079
-
-
Average total income$
30 260
33 291
31 496
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
351
396
387
420
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
123
135
153
162
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
129
138
147
156
Total businessesno.
-
603
669
687
738
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
63
54
51
Employing businessesno.
-
-
27
27
45
Total business entriesno.
-
-
90
81
96
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
78
42
69
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
6
30
Total business exitsno.
-
-
78
48
99
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year