National Regional Profile: Southern Grampians (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA26260   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
346
444
451
520
472
Unemployment rate%
3.8
5.1
5.5
6.0
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 076
2 079
2 225
2 192
-
Taxable individualsno.
7 442
7 652
7 701
7 896
-
Taxable income$m
250.2
261.9
277.0
296.5
-
Average taxable income$
33 622
34 220
35 975
37 551
-
Net tax$m
51.7
55.9
60.3
65.8
-
Average net tax$
6 950
7 309
7 830
8 340
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.7
21.4
21.8
22.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 615
5 746
5 860
6 016
-
Wage and salary income $m
156.1
166.4
176.0
190.8
-
Total income $m
167.0
176.7
187.9
202.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 800
28 957
30 040
31 720
-
Average total income$
29 742
30 758
32 059
33 674
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.6
53.1
53.1
53.0
-
Females%
46.4
46.9
46.9
47.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.2
21.2
21.4
21.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.7
19.1
19.3
19.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.2
22.9
22.3
21.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.1
24.2
23.9
24.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.8
12.6
13.2
14.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.3
7.2
7.2
-
Professionals%
-
17.2
17.2
17.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.2
5.4
5.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.5
14.3
14.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.5
2.3
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.8
15.7
15.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.1
5.0
5.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.5
10.6
10.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.5
15.1
15.4
-
Not Stated%
-
7.5
7.3
6.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 041
1 918
1 808
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
78.1
72.0
63.3
-
-
Total income$m
77.4
71.5
67.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
38 265
37 543
34 984
-
-
Average total income$
37 914
37 265
37 328
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 116
1 005
939
936
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
591
606
651
618
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
477
522
567
567
Total businessesno.
-
2 184
2 133
2 157
2 121
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
147
132
141
Employing businessesno.
-
-
81
135
105
Total business entriesno.
-
-
228
267
246
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
177
192
117
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
27
135
Total business exitsno.
-
-
207
219
252
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year