National Regional Profile: Mount Barker (DC) Bal (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 410154554   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
n.a.
n.a.
128
108
131
Unemployment rate%
n.a.
n.a.
2.8
2.4
2.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
860
875
901
904
-
Taxable individualsno.
3 551
3 641
3 667
3 734
-
Taxable income$m
126.0
133.7
143.5
150.7
-
Average taxable income$
35 482
36 706
39 124
40 355
-
Net tax$m
28.8
31.0
33.8
35.2
-
Average net tax$
8 116
8 522
9 223
9 436
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.9
23.2
23.6
23.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 027
3 092
3 120
3 171
-
Wage and salary income $m
97.5
101.8
108.5
115.8
-
Total income $m
102.5
106.5
113.6
121.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 199
32 921
34 764
36 520
-
Average total income$
33 849
34 457
36 406
38 216
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.0
52.1
51.4
51.6
-
Females%
47.0
47.9
48.6
48.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.3
17.1
17.7
18.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.4
20.8
19.5
18.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
28.6
28.1
27.6
26.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.5
24.2
24.0
25.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.2
9.8
11.2
11.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.0
8.7
8.8
-
Professionals%
-
19.1
19.4
19.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.7
7.0
7.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.2
9.7
9.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.3
2.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.5
17.4
17.0
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.2
6.1
5.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.1
8.7
8.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
11.9
11.4
11.6
-
Not Stated%
-
10.1
9.5
10.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
600
577
545
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
15.5
15.7
15.9
-
-
Total income$m
17.5
17.5
17.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 770
27 161
29 211
-
-
Average total income$
29 235
30 300
32 071
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
633
615
567
579
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
168
183
192
183
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
45
60
60
57
Total businessesno.
-
846
858
819
819
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
90
102
108
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
36
18
Total business entriesno.
-
-
105
138
126
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
120
87
120
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
9
21
Total business exitsno.
-
-
123
96
141
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year