National Regional Profile: Esperance (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 530103290   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
457
325
385
322
281
Unemployment rate%
6.7
4.5
5.3
4.4
3.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 572
1 614
1 723
1 739
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 545
5 547
5 735
5 846
-
Taxable income$m
200.9
204.3
218.6
232.7
-
Average taxable income$
36 225
36 829
38 119
39 802
-
Net tax$m
43.9
45.2
49.0
52.6
-
Average net tax$
7 916
8 141
8 543
8 998
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.9
22.1
22.4
22.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
4 403
4 416
4 595
4 744
-
Wage and salary income $m
129.5
134.5
148.0
162.6
-
Total income $m
135.7
140.3
155.0
169.4
-
Average wage and salary income$
29 411
30 459
32 212
34 276
-
Average total income$
30 821
31 774
33 741
35 701
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.9
55.0
55.5
54.7
-
Females%
44.1
45.0
44.5
45.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.1
20.4
20.8
20.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.4
22.5
21.8
21.5
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.4
24.9
24.9
25.1
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.5
21.3
20.3
20.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
9.6
10.9
12.1
12.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.5
6.6
6.8
-
Professionals%
-
13.8
13.6
12.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
6.0
5.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
14.0
13.8
14.1
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.7
2.5
2.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.6
15.0
16.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
10.0
10.5
10.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.1
9.7
9.4
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.8
16.3
15.8
-
Not Stated%
-
5.7
6.2
5.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 563
1 423
1 298
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
76.4
59.8
48.3
-
-
Total income$m
71.5
58.9
51.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
48 908
42 045
37 213
-
-
Average total income$
45 722
41 404
39 790
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 047
987
957
981
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
393
429
465
462
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
273
300
318
324
Total businessesno.
-
1 713
1 716
1 740
1 767
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
144
129
159
Employing businessesno.
-
-
66
75
105
Total business entriesno.
-
-
210
204
264
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
189
153
150
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
12
87
Total business exitsno.
-
-
198
165
237
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year