National Regional Profile: Central Darling (A) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 160101700   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
154
147
130
119
107
Unemployment rate%
13.2
13.3
11.9
10.6
9.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
242
291
276
226
-
Taxable individualsno.
653
582
593
586
-
Taxable income$m
21.7
20.2
21.7
22.9
-
Average taxable income$
33 190
34 650
36 536
39 101
-
Net tax$m
4.3
4.2
4.6
4.8
-
Average net tax$
6 628
7 288
7 707
8 210
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.0
21.0
21.1
21.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
507
526
509
484
-
Wage and salary income $m
15.6
16.9
17.5
17.8
-
Total income $m
16.2
17.2
18.0
18.5
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 664
32 074
34 391
36 698
-
Average total income$
31 866
32 729
35 437
38 201
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.0
57.2
53.8
54.1
-
Females%
43.0
42.8
46.2
45.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
17.4
13.5
13.4
13.8
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.3
23.4
22.6
21.9
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
21.1
24.0
25.9
25.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.9
24.1
23.2
25.4
-
Aged 55 years and over%
14.4
15.0
14.9
13.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
11.5
11.7
9.2
-
Professionals%
-
13.2
14.7
14.2
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.5
7.7
6.9
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
6.3
7.1
7.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.5
0.0
1.0
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.6
15.8
16.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.5
5.0
4.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
3.0
3.8
3.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
31.7
25.9
28.1
-
Not Stated%
-
8.2
8.3
8.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
224
117
131
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
9.0
2.3
4.0
-
-
Total income$m
6.6
2.7
4.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
40 006
19 998
30 910
-
-
Average total income$
29 317
22 791
36 149
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
117
102
87
99
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
57
57
63
63
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
33
33
36
39
Total businessesno.
-
207
192
186
201
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
21
12
18
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
3
27
Total business entriesno.
-
-
30
15
45
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
21
21
9
Employing businessesno.
-
-
0
9
15
Total business exitsno.
-
-
21
30
24
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year