National Regional Profile: Mount Alexander (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA25430   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
756
550
595
753
664
Unemployment rate%
9.4
6.8
7.7
9.7
8.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 184
2 184
2 248
2 262
-
Taxable individualsno.
6 351
6 603
6 727
6 834
-
Taxable income$m
204.7
217.0
238.0
250.8
-
Average taxable income$
32 239
32 861
35 380
36 695
-
Net tax$m
41.6
45.5
51.1
53.7
-
Average net tax$
6 557
6 892
7 597
7 856
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.3
21.0
21.5
21.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 329
5 476
5 548
5 594
-
Wage and salary income $m
157.8
168.4
178.3
186.3
-
Total income $m
166.8
177.8
191.5
197.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 618
30 761
32 139
33 302
-
Average total income$
31 300
32 468
34 516
35 268
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
53.1
52.9
53.0
52.5
-
Females%
46.9
47.1
47.0
47.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.2
15.6
16.4
16.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
18.2
17.4
16.2
16.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.2
26.0
25.1
24.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
27.8
28.3
28.3
27.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.5
12.6
14.0
15.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.5
8.9
9.0
-
Professionals%
-
21.7
21.3
21.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.9
5.9
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.1
11.9
11.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.5
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.7
14.5
14.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.4
6.2
6.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.8
8.3
8.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
14.5
14.6
14.5
-
Not Stated%
-
7.8
6.9
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 085
1 000
1 009
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
25.2
22.8
25.7
-
-
Total income$m
27.5
25.3
28.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 224
22 840
25 442
-
-
Average total income$
25 331
25 265
28 306
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
804
792
774
765
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
222
246
309
339
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
183
189
207
207
Total businessesno.
-
1 209
1 227
1 290
1 311
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
150
123
126
Employing businessesno.
-
-
51
60
54
Total business entriesno.
-
-
201
183
180
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
141
162
129
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
9
51
Total business exitsno.
-
-
153
171
180
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year