National Regional Profile: Melton (S) Bal (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205204654   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 604
1 248
1 359
1 301
1 301
Unemployment rate%
8.1
6.4
6.7
6.2
6.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 799
2 973
3 186
3 224
-
Taxable individualsno.
15 645
16 151
16 408
16 953
-
Taxable income$m
542.2
577.2
613.4
653.8
-
Average taxable income$
34 657
35 737
37 383
38 566
-
Net tax$m
118.8
128.9
136.6
144.7
-
Average net tax$
7 594
7 978
8 323
8 534
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.9
22.3
22.3
22.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
15 257
15 726
15 956
16 453
-
Wage and salary income $m
503.7
538.7
573.3
613.6
-
Total income $m
525.0
559.0
592.2
631.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 016
34 254
35 930
37 292
-
Average total income$
34 407
35 543
37 114
38 405
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.3
55.1
55.3
55.3
-
Females%
44.7
44.9
44.7
44.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.0
22.7
22.5
22.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.0
22.2
22.3
22.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.9
22.0
21.3
21.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.4
24.6
24.4
23.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
7.7
8.6
9.6
10.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.8
8.9
8.4
-
Professionals%
-
10.1
10.0
10.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.7
5.7
5.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.4
13.6
13.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.5
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
19.2
18.8
18.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
11.5
11.8
11.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.2
11.0
10.9
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.2
10.1
10.4
-
Not Stated%
-
7.6
7.6
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 194
1 198
1 145
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
28.3
30.6
30.6
-
-
Total income$m
30.5
32.4
32.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 668
25 567
26 690
-
-
Average total income$
25 524
27 033
28 277
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 602
1 479
1 440
1 362
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
513
567
684
705
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
195
213
222
231
Total businessesno.
-
2 310
2 259
2 346
2 298
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
348
381
261
Employing businessesno.
-
-
99
147
132
Total business entriesno.
-
-
447
528
393
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
417
366
375
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
21
87
Total business exitsno.
-
-
432
387
462
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year