National Regional Profile: N. Grampians (S) - St Arnaud (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 225055811   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
147
118
133
145
165
Unemployment rate%
7.8
6.6
7.3
7.9
8.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
532
610
615
604
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 625
1 552
1 559
1 546
-
Taxable income$m
53.1
47.7
51.3
51.6
-
Average taxable income$
32 695
30 729
32 909
33 378
-
Net tax$m
10.7
9.7
10.3
10.2
-
Average net tax$
6 615
6 251
6 627
6 583
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.2
20.3
20.1
19.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 165
1 212
1 194
1 200
-
Wage and salary income $m
31.6
32.6
33.6
35.1
-
Total income $m
33.7
34.1
35.8
36.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 156
26 932
28 105
29 223
-
Average total income$
28 931
28 157
30 004
30 733
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
58.5
56.4
55.9
54.9
-
Females%
41.5
43.6
44.1
45.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.6
16.8
17.2
17.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.7
18.3
19.4
18.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
22.8
23.9
22.4
23.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.3
25.8
25.0
24.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
14.6
15.1
16.1
16.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.5
6.9
6.9
-
Professionals%
-
14.9
15.7
14.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.2
5.2
4.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.6
10.4
10.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.8
1.8
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.5
14.9
15.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.6
8.2
8.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.4
9.5
9.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
21.8
21.8
22.4
-
Not Stated%
-
6.7
5.6
5.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
529
391
410
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
19.6
9.4
11.1
-
-
Total income$m
19.2
11.2
12.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
37 084
24 057
27 163
-
-
Average total income$
36 203
28 576
31 263
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
261
246
243
252
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
81
81
96
105
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
96
93
99
87
Total businessesno.
-
438
420
438
444
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
33
27
15
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
15
15
Total business entriesno.
-
-
39
42
30
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
33
30
30
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
15
21
Total business exitsno.
-
-
39
45
51
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year