National Regional Profile: Wakool (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA17800   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
80
113
98
109
121
Unemployment rate%
3.2
4.4
3.7
4.3
4.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
670
720
771
750
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 031
1 886
1 921
1 924
-
Taxable income$m
66.0
60.2
64.3
66.5
-
Average taxable income$
32 508
31 937
33 473
34 580
-
Net tax$m
13.3
12.3
13.1
13.6
-
Average net tax$
6 541
6 538
6 825
7 079
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.1
20.5
20.4
20.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 538
1 532
1 493
1 505
-
Wage and salary income $m
41.3
41.9
43.3
45.9
-
Total income $m
44.1
44.8
45.2
48.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
26 875
27 330
28 981
30 482
-
Average total income$
28 643
29 270
30 268
32 116
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.4
54.3
54.4
52.3
-
Females%
43.6
45.7
45.6
47.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.5
19.7
19.0
18.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
21.8
20.1
21.0
20.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.7
24.6
23.1
22.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.7
22.7
23.3
23.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.3
12.9
13.6
14.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.7
10.2
9.3
-
Professionals%
-
15.1
14.3
15.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.0
5.0
5.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.5
10.5
10.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
2.0
1.7
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.0
15.3
14.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.2
5.6
5.7
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.2
7.8
8.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
23.8
24.0
22.7
-
Not Stated%
-
5.7
5.3
6.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
644
468
415
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
24.8
13.7
11.9
-
-
Total income$m
23.4
13.2
12.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
38 484
29 182
28 649
-
-
Average total income$
36 309
28 146
30 345
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
309
306
288
285
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
129
132
153
150
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
102
99
105
105
Total businessesno.
-
540
537
546
540
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
30
24
39
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
30
30
Total business entriesno.
-
-
48
54
69
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
30
45
57
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
6
24
Total business exitsno.
-
-
33
51
81
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year