National Regional Profile: Latrobe (C) - Traralgon (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 255053815   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
900
895
940
1 063
801
Unemployment rate%
7.4
6.7
6.5
7.2
5.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 680
2 768
2 889
2 959
-
Taxable individualsno.
11 288
11 795
11 995
12 273
-
Taxable income$m
442.4
471.0
503.8
541.6
-
Average taxable income$
39 192
39 928
42 003
44 127
-
Net tax$m
106.9
115.1
123.2
132.7
-
Average net tax$
9 471
9 754
10 275
10 810
-
Average net tax ratio%
24.2
24.4
24.5
24.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
10 679
11 168
11 347
11 560
-
Wage and salary income $m
389.7
418.0
448.4
475.6
-
Total income $m
406.5
437.0
468.9
497.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
36 490
37 426
39 515
41 145
-
Average total income$
38 066
39 125
41 321
43 074
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.8
55.3
55.1
54.9
-
Females%
44.2
44.7
44.9
45.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.5
20.0
19.7
19.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.5
23.0
22.3
22.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.1
25.3
25.4
24.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.0
22.3
22.5
22.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.9
9.4
10.2
10.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.4
7.3
7.3
-
Professionals%
-
16.5
16.4
16.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.3
6.5
6.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
15.0
15.6
15.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.0
2.1
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.5
15.3
15.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.2
9.3
9.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.4
11.6
11.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.9
9.0
8.8
-
Not Stated%
-
7.8
6.9
6.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
955
952
869
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
24.3
24.2
23.2
-
-
Total income$m
26.4
26.8
25.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 473
25 467
26 695
-
-
Average total income$
27 597
28 104
29 772
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 050
1 071
1 071
1 110
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
405
453
498
555
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
285
327
351
348
Total businessesno.
-
1 740
1 851
1 920
2 013
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
171
222
177
Employing businessesno.
-
-
87
96
72
Total business entriesno.
-
-
258
318
249
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
222
249
171
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
18
48
Total business exitsno.
-
-
234
267
219
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year