National Regional Profile: Wellington (S) - Sale (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 250156815   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
439
409
423
499
368
Unemployment rate%
6.9
6.2
6.0
6.9
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 362
1 474
1 521
1 483
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 944
4 961
5 016
5 056
-
Taxable income$m
180.7
187.9
196.2
208.4
-
Average taxable income$
36 549
37 878
39 122
41 214
-
Net tax$m
41.5
44.2
45.7
48.6
-
Average net tax$
8 400
8 912
9 104
9 621
-
Average net tax ratio%
23.0
23.5
23.3
23.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 397
4 472
4 492
4 477
-
Wage and salary income $m
152.5
160.1
166.2
173.3
-
Total income $m
161.0
168.2
176.3
183.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
34 689
35 802
37 009
38 714
-
Average total income$
36 624
37 600
39 252
41 082
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.4
54.5
54.3
53.9
-
Females%
45.6
45.5
45.7
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.9
20.4
20.0
19.9
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.7
21.5
21.2
21.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.0
25.9
25.0
24.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.9
22.0
22.7
23.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.5
10.1
11.1
11.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.4
7.3
7.7
-
Professionals%
-
17.2
17.2
17.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.0
6.9
7.2
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.7
12.7
12.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.1
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.8
15.5
15.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.9
5.1
5.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.8
13.1
13.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
10.4
10.6
10.6
-
Not Stated%
-
9.5
9.2
8.4
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
565
502
467
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
15.2
12.4
12.0
-
-
Total income$m
16.2
13.5
13.3
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 971
24 677
25 784
-
-
Average total income$
28 737
26 822
28 563
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
585
558
531
531
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
261
285
339
351
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
198
213
243
249
Total businessesno.
-
1 044
1 056
1 113
1 131
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
90
84
102
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
72
57
Total business entriesno.
-
-
138
156
159
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
108
132
78
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
3
84
Total business exitsno.
-
-
117
135
162
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year