National Regional Profile: Weston (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 805208739   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
65
67
56
52
41
Unemployment rate%
3.1
3.4
3.0
2.7
2.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
303
306
306
292
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 801
1 852
1 854
1 865
-
Taxable income$m
79.1
85.0
89.8
96.8
-
Average taxable income$
43 937
45 895
48 456
51 925
-
Net tax$m
19.9
21.8
23.0
25.1
-
Average net tax$
11 045
11 784
12 426
13 475
-
Average net tax ratio%
25.1
25.7
25.6
26.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 534
1 545
1 528
1 527
-
Wage and salary income $m
63.2
66.8
69.4
74.9
-
Total income $m
67.1
71.0
74.0
79.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
41 202
43 225
45 396
49 051
-
Average total income$
43 769
45 951
48 445
52 116
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
49.0
48.8
49.0
48.8
-
Females%
51.0
51.2
51.0
51.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.9
16.8
16.6
16.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.7
23.5
23.6
23.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
20.7
20.5
20.9
21.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
24.4
23.9
22.8
21.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
14.2
15.3
16.1
16.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
5.8
6.0
6.3
-
Professionals%
-
23.3
23.1
24.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.2
7.6
7.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
5.0
5.0
4.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.8
2.2
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
17.9
17.9
17.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
1.8
2.4
2.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.9
7.7
7.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
2.7
3.0
2.9
-
Not Stated%
-
25.5
25.1
24.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
112
109
104
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
3.8
3.7
3.7
-
-
Total income$m
4.3
4.2
4.2
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
33 914
34 317
36 011
-
-
Average total income$
38 192
38 708
40 718
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
168
171
156
171
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
45
45
63
69
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
42
48
57
57
Total businessesno.
-
255
264
276
297
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
27
21
33
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
15
12
Total business entriesno.
-
-
42
36
45
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
51
45
12
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
3
9
Total business exitsno.
-
-
57
48
21
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year