National Regional Profile: West Gippsland (Statistical Subdivision)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 25510   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
741
674
687
832
677
Unemployment rate%
5.1
4.2
3.9
4.6
3.9
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 823
4 102
4 250
4 214
-
Taxable individualsno.
13 657
14 159
14 397
14 830
-
Taxable income$m
465.8
499.7
530.0
570.4
-
Average taxable income$
34 108
35 289
36 810
38 462
-
Net tax$m
100.4
112.4
118.8
127.0
-
Average net tax$
7 349
7 940
8 254
8 567
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.5
22.5
22.4
22.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
11 471
11 973
12 182
12 480
-
Wage and salary income $m
355.1
384.2
410.4
435.5
-
Total income $m
374.3
406.1
432.5
459.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 957
32 088
33 693
34 899
-
Average total income$
32 635
33 914
35 507
36 829
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.0
53.9
53.4
53.4
-
Females%
46.0
46.1
46.6
46.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.2
20.4
20.2
20.4
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.4
19.8
19.3
18.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.1
25.0
24.2
23.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.9
23.4
24.1
24.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.5
11.4
12.2
13.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.1
8.1
8.0
-
Professionals%
-
17.5
17.5
17.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
5.8
6.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.9
13.2
13.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.3
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.4
14.8
14.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.2
8.5
8.3
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.5
10.0
9.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
13.2
12.5
13.2
-
Not Stated%
-
8.1
7.4
7.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
2 813
2 664
2 492
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
83.8
68.8
65.2
-
-
Total income$m
88.5
75.3
73.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
29 790
25 812
26 154
-
-
Average total income$
31 456
28 243
29 520
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
2 460
2 466
2 319
2 418
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
729
831
945
906
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
417
468
522
525
Total businessesno.
-
3 606
3 765
3 786
3 849
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
423
354
351
Employing businessesno.
-
-
126
177
150
Total business entriesno.
-
-
549
531
501
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
369
450
330
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
30
162
Total business exitsno.
-
-
399
480
492
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year