National Regional Profile: West Wimmera (S) (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 225056890   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
78
65
85
92
104
Unemployment rate%
2.8
2.5
3.3
3.5
3.8
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
562
584
622
703
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 081
1 971
2 113
2 034
-
Taxable income$m
82.1
70.3
78.6
76.0
-
Average taxable income$
39 456
35 678
37 217
37 370
-
Net tax$m
17.1
15.1
16.7
16.4
-
Average net tax$
8 220
7 642
7 913
8 085
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.8
21.4
21.3
21.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 196
1 261
1 309
1 358
-
Wage and salary income $m
33.1
35.3
38.0
40.3
-
Total income $m
35.8
38.0
41.0
42.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 706
28 020
29 023
29 657
-
Average total income$
29 947
30 149
31 297
31 526
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.9
55.3
55.1
53.3
-
Females%
45.1
44.7
44.9
46.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.7
19.9
21.4
20.7
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.8
18.8
18.0
16.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.6
26.0
24.7
25.0
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
21.9
20.6
21.0
21.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.9
14.7
15.0
15.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.3
6.0
6.9
-
Professionals%
-
16.1
15.5
15.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
3.8
4.7
4.3
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.3
12.5
12.7
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.3
1.6
1.4
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.1
13.9
14.4
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.6
6.7
6.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
6.0
6.2
6.2
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
25.7
26.1
25.8
-
Not Stated%
-
7.8
6.8
5.9
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 024
901
866
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
57.4
36.6
33.0
-
-
Total income$m
52.1
38.4
37.0
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
56 053
40 658
38 111
-
-
Average total income$
50 904
42 630
42 723
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
384
330
321
342
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
204
213
207
207
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
180
195
204
210
Total businessesno.
-
768
738
732
759
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
54
69
Employing businessesno.
-
-
48
45
42
Total business entriesno.
-
-
90
99
111
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
66
63
42
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
15
54
Total business exitsno.
-
-
75
78
96
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year