National Regional Profile: Murray (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 510016230   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
419
449
475
335
305
Unemployment rate%
8.4
8.8
9.5
6.4
5.3
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 492
1 573
1 620
1 590
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 155
4 360
4 606
4 866
-
Taxable income$m
153.8
168.3
190.9
217.1
-
Average taxable income$
37 004
38 596
41 449
44 612
-
Net tax$m
34.9
39.2
45.4
52.9
-
Average net tax$
8 390
8 989
9 866
10 874
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.7
23.3
23.8
24.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 536
3 690
3 804
4 039
-
Wage and salary income $m
119.5
131.8
143.7
163.2
-
Total income $m
126.4
139.7
151.5
173.3
-
Average wage and salary income$
33 780
35 718
37 787
40 407
-
Average total income$
35 755
37 864
39 834
42 916
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.6
57.3
57.1
57.5
-
Females%
43.4
42.7
42.9
42.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.7
17.9
18.1
19.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.9
19.2
19.0
18.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.7
25.0
24.8
23.5
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.8
24.2
24.3
24.1
-
Aged 55 years and over%
12.8
13.7
13.7
14.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.7
6.1
6.2
-
Professionals%
-
10.9
10.9
10.7
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.5
6.3
6.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
15.6
15.1
15.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.3
2.1
2.1
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.3
13.7
13.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
12.9
13.5
13.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.5
9.9
9.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.5
13.8
14.2
-
Not Stated%
-
8.9
8.6
9.0
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
672
634
671
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
17.3
17.2
19.9
-
-
Total income$m
18.9
19.0
22.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 810
27 115
29 725
-
-
Average total income$
28 094
29 919
33 816
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
678
630
630
627
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
117
120
141
177
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
96
105
117
129
Total businessesno.
-
891
855
888
933
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
120
96
123
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
27
39
Total business entriesno.
-
-
132
123
162
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
183
129
111
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
0
30
Total business exitsno.
-
-
189
129
141
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year