National Regional Profile: E. Gippsland (S) - Orbost (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 250052113   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
336
341
364
389
318
Unemployment rate%
9.1
8.7
8.7
9.0
7.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 062
1 060
1 104
1 127
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 879
2 842
2 967
2 978
-
Taxable income$m
88.9
93.1
99.3
105.1
-
Average taxable income$
30 869
32 766
33 473
35 281
-
Net tax$m
17.9
19.7
20.5
21.7
-
Average net tax$
6 234
6 946
6 907
7 270
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.2
21.2
20.6
20.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
2 378
2 395
2 364
2 381
-
Wage and salary income $m
66.6
71.1
69.7
72.1
-
Total income $m
69.4
75.1
74.6
77.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
28 020
29 692
29 501
30 295
-
Average total income$
29 171
31 344
31 556
32 365
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
55.6
55.3
54.6
54.9
-
Females%
44.4
44.7
45.4
45.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
16.3
16.0
16.3
17.3
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.1
18.1
17.1
16.2
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
26.3
25.7
24.1
22.8
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
26.3
27.1
27.9
27.9
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.9
13.1
14.6
15.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
6.7
6.7
6.2
-
Professionals%
-
17.3
16.4
16.4
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.8
6.0
5.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
8.4
8.7
8.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.1
1.3
1.3
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.4
14.7
14.7
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
12.5
12.0
11.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
9.6
11.0
10.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
15.1
15.5
16.7
-
Not Stated%
-
9.1
7.6
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
637
622
570
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
16.7
15.3
14.0
-
-
Total income$m
18.0
16.9
15.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
26 252
24 656
24 496
-
-
Average total income$
28 168
27 134
27 382
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
660
654
618
588
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
186
216
225
225
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
120
123
135
123
Total businessesno.
-
966
993
978
936
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
105
60
60
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
27
36
Total business entriesno.
-
-
135
87
96
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
96
99
84
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
6
42
Total business exitsno.
-
-
105
105
126
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year