National Regional Profile: Waterford West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 305304654   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
351
316
273
170
195
Unemployment rate%
14.3
12.7
10.4
6.4
7.2
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
501
503
490
513
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 139
2 278
2 287
2 354
-
Taxable income$m
66.8
73.8
79.4
84.4
-
Average taxable income$
31 212
32 386
34 712
35 864
-
Net tax$m
13.6
15.6
16.9
18.0
-
Average net tax$
6 375
6 839
7 386
7 647
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.4
21.1
21.3
21.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 943
2 064
2 082
2 153
-
Wage and salary income $m
57.3
62.8
68.2
72.7
-
Total income $m
59.6
65.4
71.3
75.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 487
30 421
32 744
33 771
-
Average total income$
30 646
31 693
34 242
35 039
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.3
53.3
55.0
53.9
-
Females%
45.7
46.7
45.0
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.2
23.2
23.0
23.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.0
22.8
21.5
22.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.0
24.0
24.8
23.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.0
20.3
20.4
19.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.8
9.7
10.3
11.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
7.1
6.6
-
Professionals%
-
8.4
8.2
8.5
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.7
5.5
5.4
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.9
13.2
14.2
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.8
2.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
18.5
18.0
18.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.7
11.3
10.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.3
9.5
10.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.3
15.2
15.0
-
Not Stated%
-
9.7
10.1
9.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
336
329
301
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
8.0
8.8
8.9
-
-
Total income$m
8.6
9.3
9.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
23 871
26 863
29 582
-
-
Average total income$
25 483
28 198
31 953
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
222
225
213
234
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
57
63
87
93
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
12
21
24
27
Total businessesno.
-
291
309
324
354
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
51
57
75
Employing businessesno.
-
-
15
24
21
Total business entriesno.
-
-
66
81
96
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
72
63
18
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
3
12
Total business exitsno.
-
-
72
66
30
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year