National Regional Profile: Ballarat City (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 22005   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
4 045
3 126
3 200
3 735
3 961
Unemployment rate%
10.4
7.8
7.7
8.9
8.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
8 858
9 107
9 482
9 478
-
Taxable individualsno.
34 734
36 087
36 847
37 996
-
Taxable income$m
1 198.9
1 298.2
1 390.8
1 483.9
-
Average taxable income$
34 518
35 975
37 746
39 053
-
Net tax$m
264.3
295.1
315.8
335.1
-
Average net tax$
7 608
8 178
8 571
8 820
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.0
22.7
22.7
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
31 293
32 436
33 123
34 011
-
Wage and salary income $m
993.5
1 067.2
1 138.7
1 204.4
-
Total income $m
1 047.8
1 125.4
1 200.9
1 272.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
31 747
32 902
34 377
35 411
-
Average total income$
33 484
34 696
36 255
37 411
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.8
52.7
52.5
52.5
-
Females%
47.2
47.3
47.5
47.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.5
21.0
20.7
20.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.6
24.0
23.6
22.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.2
23.5
23.3
22.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.5
21.7
22.0
22.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.2
9.8
10.4
11.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.6
8.7
8.8
-
Professionals%
-
19.4
19.6
19.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.3
6.4
6.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.5
11.5
11.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.3
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.5
16.4
16.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.9
5.9
6.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.9
11.1
11.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.2
10.3
10.3
-
Not Stated%
-
8.2
7.9
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 217
3 155
2 971
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
96.2
98.5
97.8
-
-
Total income$m
105.2
107.0
105.4
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 893
31 218
32 907
-
-
Average total income$
32 699
33 907
35 488
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
3 375
3 354
3 207
3 234
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
1 305
1 449
1 686
1 764
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
1 014
1 119
1 224
1 215
Total businessesno.
-
5 694
5 922
6 117
6 213
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
633
735
621
Employing businessesno.
-
-
327
387
294
Total business entriesno.
-
-
960
1 122
915
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
690
750
537
Employing businessesno.
-
-
36
48
222
Total business exitsno.
-
-
726
798
759
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year