National Regional Profile: Upper Great Southern (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 520   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
363
386
418
319
295
Unemployment rate%
2.9
3.4
3.9
2.8
2.4
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
2 579
2 224
2 280
2 433
-
Taxable individualsno.
8 359
8 363
8 695
8 559
-
Taxable income$m
291.0
331.2
346.6
341.8
-
Average taxable income$
34 807
39 604
39 863
39 930
-
Net tax$m
60.6
72.6
76.9
76.2
-
Average net tax$
7 249
8 679
8 842
8 906
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.8
21.9
22.2
22.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
5 448
5 360
5 449
5 650
-
Wage and salary income $m
146.0
154.4
164.0
178.0
-
Total income $m
156.4
163.3
175.5
189.9
-
Average wage and salary income$
26 805
28 809
30 094
31 498
-
Average total income$
28 709
30 458
32 209
33 612
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.4
54.7
53.7
53.4
-
Females%
45.6
45.3
46.3
46.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.5
22.7
23.4
23.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.2
22.5
21.5
20.8
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
23.0
22.5
22.1
21.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
19.9
20.9
21.0
21.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
10.4
11.4
11.9
12.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.0
8.2
8.4
-
Professionals%
-
14.3
14.2
14.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.6
5.6
5.1
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.2
13.3
12.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.9
1.7
1.9
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.7
14.5
14.8
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.6
6.9
6.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.7
6.9
6.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
19.4
20.8
21.4
-
Not Stated%
-
7.6
8.0
8.1
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
3 110
3 251
2 984
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
119.5
165.3
135.1
-
-
Total income$m
129.2
165.6
145.9
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
38 418
50 838
45 262
-
-
Average total income$
41 557
50 943
48 909
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 644
1 545
1 470
1 479
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
765
852
885
870
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
528
561
579
597
Total businessesno.
-
2 937
2 958
2 934
2 946
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
210
159
210
Employing businessesno.
-
-
135
63
168
Total business entriesno.
-
-
345
222
378
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
246
321
186
Employing businessesno.
-
-
18
24
189
Total business exitsno.
-
-
264
345
375
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year