National Regional Profile: Ovens-Murray (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 245   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
2 422
2 092
1 870
2 216
2 684
Unemployment rate%
5.1
4.3
3.8
4.4
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
10 659
11 380
11 764
11 333
-
Taxable individualsno.
40 033
40 726
41 813
42 979
-
Taxable income$m
1 353.9
1 431.5
1 536.9
1 647.5
-
Average taxable income$
33 819
35 150
36 757
38 333
-
Net tax$m
287.5
315.6
336.9
361.6
-
Average net tax$
7 183
7 749
8 058
8 414
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.2
22.0
21.9
21.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
35 111
36 144
36 828
37 400
-
Wage and salary income $m
1 083.2
1 160.0
1 227.0
1 292.0
-
Total income $m
1 148.7
1 223.3
1 297.3
1 367.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 850
32 094
33 318
34 546
-
Average total income$
32 717
33 844
35 226
36 570
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.9
53.5
53.3
53.4
-
Females%
46.1
46.5
46.7
46.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.1
19.0
19.2
19.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.7
21.5
21.0
20.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.6
24.7
24.4
23.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.3
23.5
23.9
24.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.4
11.2
11.5
12.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.4
7.4
7.4
-
Professionals%
-
16.6
16.5
16.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.0
6.3
6.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.3
11.3
11.5
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
1.9
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.1
15.0
15.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.2
7.3
7.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.6
10.0
10.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.7
14.7
14.6
-
Not Stated%
-
10.1
9.7
9.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
5 832
5 346
5 083
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
156.4
134.2
138.6
-
-
Total income$m
169.8
150.4
156.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 823
25 112
27 273
-
-
Average total income$
29 121
28 139
30 770
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
5 826
5 736
5 505
5 658
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 731
1 851
2 103
2 178
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 272
1 386
1 515
1 542
Total businessesno.
-
8 829
8 973
9 123
9 378
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
747
864
900
Employing businessesno.
-
-
324
390
396
Total business entriesno.
-
-
1 071
1 254
1 296
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
930
987
672
Employing businessesno.
-
-
78
75
330
Total business exitsno.
-
-
1 008
1 062
1 002
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year