National Regional Profile: Ravensthorpe (S) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA57420   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All  
ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
36
25
25
26
17
Unemployment rate%
4.1
2.7
2.7
2.8
1.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
248
244
264
274
-
Taxable individualsno.
553
560
531
608
-
Taxable income$m
18.5
20.5
19.1
24.9
-
Average taxable income$
33 398
36 535
35 925
40 882
-
Net tax$m
3.6
4.2
4.1
5.8
-
Average net tax$
6 577
7 503
7 676
9 479
-
Average net tax ratio%
19.7
20.5
21.4
23.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
384
366
373
460
-
Wage and salary income $m
10.3
10.3
10.8
16.7
-
Total income $m
10.8
10.5
11.3
17.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
26 789
28 227
28 943
36 242
-
Average total income$
28 016
28 716
30 225
37 161
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.8
54.8
54.2
54.5
-
Females%
45.2
45.2
45.8
45.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.3
21.0
24.7
21.1
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
28.1
22.9
23.6
23.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
20.3
22.1
20.4
21.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.5
19.9
17.4
20.7
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.9
14.2
13.9
13.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.1
6.2
6.4
-
Professionals%
-
14.2
12.7
11.6
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.7
5.4
6.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
11.8
11.4
11.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.3
1.4
1.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.2
11.1
12.1
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
11.1
7.8
12.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.4
8.4
7.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
21.8
25.4
22.1
-
Not Stated%
-
6.3
10.3
8.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
256
240
214
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
10.7
10.0
7.3
-
-
Total income$m
10.5
10.4
7.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
41 907
41 796
34 098
-
-
Average total income$
41 012
43 197
35 914
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
183
195
168
165
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
66
78
75
78
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
18
18
27
24
Total businessesno.
-
267
291
270
267
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
21
9
33
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
15
18
Total business entriesno.
-
-
27
24
51
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
27
36
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
6
15
Total business exitsno.
-
-
30
42
36
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year