National Regional Profile: Tara (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 320056700   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
147
191
170
113
141
Unemployment rate%
8.3
10.8
9.2
6.2
7.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
628
653
622
643
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 306
1 300
1 394
1 470
-
Taxable income$m
37.9
40.9
47.0
51.1
-
Average taxable income$
29 044
31 497
33 736
34 738
-
Net tax$m
7.3
8.3
9.7
10.6
-
Average net tax$
5 581
6 407
6 980
7 196
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.2
20.3
20.7
20.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 049
1 026
1 087
1 149
-
Wage and salary income $m
27.2
27.9
30.7
33.1
-
Total income $m
27.4
28.2
31.8
34.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
25 970
27 151
28 283
28 785
-
Average total income$
26 112
27 456
29 264
30 143
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.6
56.4
56.7
57.8
-
Females%
44.4
43.6
43.3
42.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.7
21.7
21.5
22.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.6
22.7
22.8
21.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.2
23.6
23.5
22.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.9
20.7
20.6
20.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.6
11.3
11.6
12.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.2
9.6
7.6
-
Professionals%
-
12.6
11.1
11.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
3.5
2.9
3.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.7
9.8
10.3
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.6
1.2
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.7
15.0
15.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.9
8.7
8.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.1
8.5
7.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
22.7
25.3
26.4
-
Not Stated%
-
8.0
7.8
9.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
442
430
463
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
12.6
17.3
16.6
-
-
Total income$m
12.9
15.9
17.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
28 619
40 124
35 912
-
-
Average total income$
29 089
36 976
38 117
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
339
351
336
378
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
126
126
138
111
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
102
108
105
120
Total businessesno.
-
567
585
579
609
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
39
30
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
12
21
Total business entriesno.
-
-
54
51
51
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
39
33
36
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
12
27
Total business exitsno.
-
-
48
45
63
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year