National Regional Profile: The Coorong (DC) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA47800   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
188
144
133
115
117
Unemployment rate%
5.7
4.7
4.3
3.7
3.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
710
823
821
832
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 503
2 469
2 507
2 483
-
Taxable income$m
85.2
83.3
86.6
86.6
-
Average taxable income$
34 030
33 752
34 527
34 880
-
Net tax$m
17.1
17.3
18.0
18.2
-
Average net tax$
6 831
6 999
7 185
7 312
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.1
20.7
20.8
21.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 625
1 690
1 716
1 763
-
Wage and salary income $m
41.8
45.4
47.8
51.8
-
Total income $m
44.6
48.0
50.7
54.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
25 737
26 875
27 839
29 393
-
Average total income$
27 470
28 413
29 574
30 976
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.0
56.0
55.2
54.3
-
Females%
44.0
44.0
44.8
45.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.5
23.4
23.8
22.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.6
20.5
19.8
20.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.6
21.6
21.9
21.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.8
21.2
21.2
21.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.6
13.3
13.2
14.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
10.1
10.5
10.2
-
Professionals%
-
11.1
10.5
11.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
3.1
3.3
3.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.1
10.9
9.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.1
1.2
0.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.3
11.8
12.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.7
8.0
8.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.4
8.2
9.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
26.8
26.9
27.3
-
Not Stated%
-
8.2
8.7
7.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
987
883
868
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
42.4
34.5
32.8
-
-
Total income$m
41.6
34.4
33.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
42 929
39 077
37 817
-
-
Average total income$
42 133
39 002
38 551
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
444
408
399
396
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
177
198
216
195
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
150
156
165
162
Total businessesno.
-
771
762
780
753
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
54
48
60
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
18
57
Total business entriesno.
-
-
84
66
117
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
72
54
60
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
6
54
Total business exitsno.
-
-
84
60
114
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year