National Regional Profile: Ballarat (C) - Central (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 220050571   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
1 777
1 374
1 375
1 616
1 686
Unemployment rate%
10.7
8.1
7.9
9.2
9.0
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
3 676
3 643
3 725
3 650
-
Taxable individualsno.
14 873
15 210
15 325
15 582
-
Taxable income$m
527.2
561.9
595.8
624.5
-
Average taxable income$
35 448
36 940
38 875
40 081
-
Net tax$m
119.5
130.9
138.9
144.1
-
Average net tax$
8 036
8 604
9 064
9 249
-
Average net tax ratio%
22.7
23.3
23.3
23.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
13 364
13 645
13 709
13 890
-
Wage and salary income $m
433.9
458.2
481.3
501.1
-
Total income $m
458.5
483.8
509.2
531.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 468
33 579
35 109
36 074
-
Average total income$
34 310
35 459
37 143
38 235
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
51.9
51.8
51.5
51.8
-
Females%
48.1
48.2
48.5
48.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
21.1
21.8
21.4
21.6
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
25.5
24.6
24.3
23.6
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.0
23.4
23.1
22.7
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.7
20.9
21.5
21.5
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.8
9.3
9.8
10.6
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.3
9.1
9.1
-
Professionals%
-
21.9
22.2
22.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
7.0
6.9
7.0
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.5
10.6
10.4
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
2.4
2.4
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
16.6
16.5
16.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
4.8
4.8
5.1
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.6
10.7
10.8
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
8.8
8.9
8.8
-
Not Stated%
-
8.2
7.9
7.7
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 232
1 191
1 090
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
38.0
38.6
38.7
-
-
Total income$m
42.3
42.5
42.5
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
30 858
32 375
35 482
-
-
Average total income$
34 294
35 714
39 035
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 758
1 782
1 662
1 653
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
702
756
879
933
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
624
684
750
744
Total businessesno.
-
3 084
3 222
3 291
3 330
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
327
357
330
Employing businessesno.
-
-
183
201
150
Total business entriesno.
-
-
510
558
480
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
345
423
270
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
24
129
Total business exitsno.
-
-
369
447
399
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year