National Regional Profile: Murrumbidgee (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 150155550   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
47
55
38
41
50
Unemployment rate%
3.6
3.7
2.5
2.7
3.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
254
243
286
327
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 188
1 198
1 186
1 101
-
Taxable income$m
41.8
44.4
45.7
40.3
-
Average taxable income$
35 174
37 083
38 560
36 571
-
Net tax$m
9.2
10.0
10.7
8.8
-
Average net tax$
7 742
8 345
8 992
7 959
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.0
22.5
23.3
21.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
920
881
911
899
-
Wage and salary income $m
27.3
27.6
28.4
28.5
-
Total income $m
28.5
28.7
29.4
29.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 619
31 274
31 168
31 688
-
Average total income$
30 971
32 616
32 299
32 697
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.1
57.5
56.3
56.0
-
Females%
42.9
42.5
43.7
44.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.5
20.5
20.7
22.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
24.0
23.0
23.5
21.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.8
24.3
23.6
22.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.7
21.2
20.4
20.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.9
11.0
11.7
12.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.5
8.8
8.9
-
Professionals%
-
8.8
8.8
8.9
-
Associate Professionals%
-
3.8
3.8
4.7
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.2
9.8
9.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.4
1.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
12.0
12.2
11.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
7.8
7.6
8.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
5.0
4.5
5.1
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
30.3
32.3
33.0
-
Not Stated%
-
12.1
10.9
9.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
392
385
328
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
15.0
17.0
12.5
-
-
Total income$m
13.9
14.8
12.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
38 150
44 088
38 063
-
-
Average total income$
35 457
38 366
38 142
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
123
117
111
120
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
45
42
54
54
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
27
30
33
33
Total businessesno.
-
195
189
198
207
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
18
15
9
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
6
21
Total business entriesno.
-
-
24
21
30
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
18
18
3
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
12
Total business exitsno.
-
-
18
21
15
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year