National Regional Profile: Northern Midlands (M) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA64610   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
354
376
354
236
239
Unemployment rate%
6.2
6.5
6.0
4.0
4.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 226
1 215
1 325
1 359
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 704
4 781
4 982
5 130
-
Taxable income$m
157.0
164.8
182.2
199.9
-
Average taxable income$
33 380
34 459
36 578
38 969
-
Net tax$m
33.5
35.9
40.2
45.4
-
Average net tax$
7 112
7 504
8 066
8 856
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.3
21.8
22.1
22.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 985
4 088
4 189
4 352
-
Wage and salary income $m
115.7
123.7
134.0
144.5
-
Total income $m
122.0
130.0
142.4
154.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 030
30 267
31 999
33 212
-
Average total income$
30 612
31 791
33 996
35 452
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.0
56.2
55.7
55.1
-
Females%
44.0
43.8
44.3
44.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
18.2
18.4
17.3
17.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.1
21.5
21.4
20.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.8
26.8
26.6
25.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.7
23.0
23.3
23.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.1
10.3
11.5
12.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.0
8.0
7.6
-
Professionals%
-
12.0
11.9
11.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.7
5.7
5.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.1
13.3
13.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.6
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.7
16.0
17.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.2
8.7
9.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.0
9.9
10.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.3
17.4
17.4
-
Not Stated%
-
8.4
7.5
6.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
795
775
699
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
25.6
25.6
22.0
-
-
Total income$m
27.1
27.2
24.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
32 244
33 074
31 479
-
-
Average total income$
34 137
35 082
35 352
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
720
681
654
678
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
222
225
234
225
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
177
177
192
174
Total businessesno.
-
1 119
1 083
1 080
1 077
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
114
81
126
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
30
63
Total business entriesno.
-
-
138
111
189
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
102
105
90
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
12
72
Total business exitsno.
-
-
120
117
162
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year