National Regional Profile: Southern Melbourne (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 20565   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
10 270
8 630
8 522
7 805
7 829
Unemployment rate%
5.0
4.2
4.0
3.7
3.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
39 612
40 999
42 052
41 080
-
Taxable individualsno.
187 944
192 372
195 989
200 365
-
Taxable income$m
9 009.3
9 641.4
10 410.9
11 228.1
-
Average taxable income$
47 936
50 119
53 120
56 038
-
Net tax$m
2 489.3
2 725.6
2 972.7
3 208.9
-
Average net tax$
13 245
14 168
15 168
16 015
-
Average net tax ratio%
27.6
28.3
28.6
28.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
158 829
161 179
163 500
165 499
-
Wage and salary income $m
6 740.3
7 088.6
7 490.5
7 952.4
-
Total income $m
7 235.1
7 588.0
8 014.4
8 555.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
42 438
43 979
45 814
48 051
-
Average total income$
45 553
47 078
49 018
51 695
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.5
51.4
51.4
51.5
-
Females%
48.5
48.6
48.6
48.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
15.6
15.7
15.7
15.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
26.5
26.0
25.6
25.1
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.3
25.0
24.8
24.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.3
21.2
21.4
21.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.3
12.0
12.5
13.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
14.1
13.9
14.1
-
Professionals%
-
24.7
24.9
25.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.8
7.0
7.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
7.0
6.8
6.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.9
3.7
3.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.5
16.6
16.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
3.7
3.8
3.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.3
8.6
8.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
5.3
5.4
5.4
-
Not Stated%
-
9.5
9.3
9.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
16 410
16 372
15 650
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
647.0
692.2
729.1
-
-
Total income$m
745.5
787.5
818.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
39 428
42 279
46 585
-
-
Average total income$
45 432
48 100
52 312
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
27 798
27 459
26 418
26 616
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
8 991
10 083
11 421
11 880
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
5 220
5 769
6 237
6 282
Total businessesno.
-
42 009
43 311
44 076
44 778
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
5 331
4 878
4 731
Employing businessesno.
-
-
1 836
2 199
1 905
Total business entriesno.
-
-
7 167
7 077
6 636
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
5 736
5 835
4 659
Employing businessesno.
-
-
330
384
1 503
Total business exitsno.
-
-
6 066
6 219
6 162
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year