National Regional Profile: Derwent Valley (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA61510   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
518
455
356
398
405
Unemployment rate%
12.0
10.9
8.5
9.3
9.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
908
968
1 002
1 029
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 285
3 348
3 518
3 581
-
Taxable income$m
104.7
111.4
122.1
129.5
-
Average taxable income$
31 877
33 288
34 705
36 175
-
Net tax$m
21.4
23.4
25.7
27.3
-
Average net tax$
6 522
7 000
7 313
7 634
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.5
21.0
21.1
21.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 998
3 131
3 230
3 320
-
Wage and salary income $m
90.3
97.2
105.5
111.0
-
Total income $m
94.0
101.7
110.4
116.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 127
31 053
32 671
33 444
-
Average total income$
31 347
32 473
34 171
34 961
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.1
56.2
56.6
56.3
-
Females%
43.9
43.8
43.4
43.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.2
17.9
17.3
17.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.5
21.1
20.8
20.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
27.6
27.1
26.8
26.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.2
22.3
23.3
23.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.6
11.5
11.8
12.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
4.3
4.2
4.4
-
Professionals%
-
10.3
9.9
9.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.8
5.0
4.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.9
13.8
13.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.1
0.8
0.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.9
19.3
19.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
11.8
12.3
12.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.2
8.6
8.6
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.7
17.7
19.2
-
Not Stated%
-
8.9
8.4
8.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
358
342
315
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
10.8
8.6
9.2
-
-
Total income$m
11.7
9.5
10.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 078
25 177
29 215
-
-
Average total income$
32 678
27 860
31 990
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
279
270
231
240
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
36
42
57
54
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
57
63
78
75
Total businessesno.
-
372
375
366
369
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
51
33
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
36
18
Total business entriesno.
-
-
60
87
51
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
78
51
30
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
3
9
Total business exitsno.
-
-
81
54
39
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year