National Regional Profile: Golden Plains (S) - South-East (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210152492   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
122
161
173
179
151
Unemployment rate%
3.2
3.9
4.4
4.3
3.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
852
903
987
1 032
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 325
3 495
3 694
3 876
-
Taxable income$m
120.9
133.7
146.3
159.3
-
Average taxable income$
36 368
38 242
39 613
41 106
-
Net tax$m
27.1
31.3
34.3
37.1
-
Average net tax$
8 144
8 947
9 284
9 584
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.4
23.4
23.4
23.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 875
3 041
3 276
3 446
-
Wage and salary income $m
95.0
104.6
118.4
132.1
-
Total income $m
99.0
108.6
123.3
135.7
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 048
34 390
36 140
38 330
-
Average total income$
34 422
35 695
37 631
39 381
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.0
57.1
56.9
56.3
-
Females%
43.0
42.9
43.1
43.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.2
16.6
16.8
16.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.7
21.7
21.6
21.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.5
27.5
26.8
27.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.5
24.1
24.0
23.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.1
10.1
10.9
11.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.2
8.9
8.8
-
Professionals%
-
14.3
13.6
13.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.8
4.5
4.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
15.5
15.9
16.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
2.1
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.1
14.6
15.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.9
9.7
9.6
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.6
8.6
8.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.1
13.3
13.2
-
Not Stated%
-
8.3
8.8
8.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
610
591
545
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
20.0
23.5
16.5
-
-
Total income$m
21.3
23.2
17.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
32 725
39 817
30 247
-
-
Average total income$
34 937
39 273
32 666
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
609
594
588
579
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
144
171
189
216
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
87
99
114
108
Total businessesno.
-
840
864
891
903
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
93
87
69
Employing businessesno.
-
-
27
57
36
Total business entriesno.
-
-
120
144
105
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
111
114
63
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
9
27
Total business exitsno.
-
-
126
123
90
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year