National Regional Profile: Ashburton (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 540100250   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
83
54
55
53
57
Unemployment rate%
1.9
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.5
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
496
523
569
577
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 303
2 416
2 717
2 831
-
Taxable income$m
126.4
142.2
166.0
177.2
-
Average taxable income$
54 893
58 865
61 084
62 578
-
Net tax$m
35.4
41.5
48.3
50.2
-
Average net tax$
15 356
17 192
17 785
17 716
-
Average net tax ratio%
28.0
29.2
29.1
28.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 442
2 597
2 897
3 045
-
Wage and salary income $m
125.3
142.2
165.5
177.2
-
Total income $m
125.2
142.4
165.2
176.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
51 325
54 768
57 141
58 179
-
Average total income$
51 274
54 826
57 029
57 955
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
61.5
62.2
60.5
59.5
-
Females%
38.5
37.8
39.5
40.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
14.0
15.3
15.1
14.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
30.4
31.2
32.0
32.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
31.8
29.7
28.4
27.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
17.7
17.7
18.0
19.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
6.0
6.2
6.5
6.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
4.4
3.7
4.0
-
Professionals%
-
13.1
12.0
11.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.3
7.5
7.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
20.0
18.8
18.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.2
1.3
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.7
11.4
11.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
21.9
23.3
23.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
5.6
5.8
6.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.4
10.8
11.1
-
Not Stated%
-
5.3
5.4
6.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
142
103
110
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
4.4
3.5
3.4
-
-
Total income$m
4.7
3.9
4.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 068
33 958
30 807
-
-
Average total income$
32 919
37 521
35 924
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
192
153
135
144
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
30
36
39
45
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
48
54
54
51
Total businessesno.
-
270
243
228
240
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
48
36
33
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
9
18
Total business entriesno.
-
-
57
45
51
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
45
63
48
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
0
6
Total business exitsno.
-
-
45
63
54
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year