National Regional Profile: Gr. Dandenong (C) Bal (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 205752674   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
3 364
3 013
2 989
2 287
2 116
Unemployment rate%
8.8
8.4
8.9
6.5
6.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
6 065
6 377
6 945
6 855
-
Taxable individualsno.
28 687
28 804
28 639
29 313
-
Taxable income$m
931.7
974.3
1 015.1
1 075.1
-
Average taxable income$
32 479
33 826
35 446
36 676
-
Net tax$m
195.5
210.0
217.8
230.9
-
Average net tax$
6 815
7 289
7 604
7 878
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.0
21.5
21.5
21.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
27 177
27 185
27 115
27 680
-
Wage and salary income $m
843.5
880.5
915.4
967.8
-
Total income $m
878.8
916.3
949.9
1 004.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 036
32 390
33 759
34 963
-
Average total income$
32 337
33 706
35 032
36 292
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.7
57.0
57.0
56.5
-
Females%
43.3
43.0
43.0
43.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.5
19.1
19.1
18.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.9
25.7
25.4
25.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.7
22.4
22.3
22.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.0
21.0
20.7
20.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.0
11.8
12.5
13.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.5
5.4
5.5
-
Professionals%
-
10.0
10.1
10.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.3
4.4
4.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.9
10.5
10.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.1
2.0
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.3
14.4
14.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
12.4
12.9
12.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.7
8.8
8.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
22.8
22.8
23.2
-
Not Stated%
-
9.0
8.8
9.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 520
2 441
2 330
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
49.0
51.1
51.1
-
-
Total income$m
54.4
56.2
55.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
19 456
20 934
21 940
-
-
Average total income$
21 579
23 027
23 910
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 973
2 895
2 670
2 754
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
804
915
1 071
1 170
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
927
984
1 071
1 065
Total businessesno.
-
4 704
4 794
4 812
4 989
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
690
525
558
Employing businessesno.
-
-
231
330
321
Total business entriesno.
-
-
921
855
879
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
720
699
504
Employing businessesno.
-
-
39
33
261
Total business exitsno.
-
-
759
732
765
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year