National Regional Profile: Loxton Waikerie (DC) - West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 420053794   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
131
103
90
74
74
Unemployment rate%
5.0
4.2
3.7
3.1
3.1
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
612
579
576
630
-
Taxable individualsno.
2 044
2 072
2 017
1 990
-
Taxable income$m
67.0
68.0
67.8
70.2
-
Average taxable income$
32 786
32 824
33 606
35 281
-
Net tax$m
14.5
14.6
14.4
14.8
-
Average net tax$
7 111
7 056
7 125
7 461
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.7
21.5
21.2
21.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
1 762
1 775
1 720
1 744
-
Wage and salary income $m
46.3
49.1
50.2
52.9
-
Total income $m
48.8
51.3
52.3
54.8
-
Average wage and salary income$
26 297
27 637
29 191
30 302
-
Average total income$
27 670
28 875
30 399
31 409
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.2
57.0
56.7
55.9
-
Females%
42.8
43.0
43.3
44.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.7
19.8
18.3
19.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
22.2
20.8
21.2
20.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.3
24.8
24.0
23.2
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
22.8
23.0
23.7
22.3
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.0
11.6
12.8
14.8
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.9
8.3
7.8
-
Professionals%
-
10.0
10.4
11.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.0
4.7
4.8
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
7.8
7.3
7.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
0.8
0.8
1.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
11.6
12.6
13.2
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.9
6.6
6.5
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.7
8.9
8.7
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
35.3
33.6
32.3
-
Not Stated%
-
8.1
6.8
6.8
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
450
415
370
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
18.6
15.5
12.9
-
-
Total income$m
18.4
16.2
14.8
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
41 411
37 469
34 932
-
-
Average total income$
40 906
38 920
40 059
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
339
321
279
303
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
150
153
171
156
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
111
111
120
138
Total businessesno.
-
600
585
570
597
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
39
30
60
Employing businessesno.
-
-
24
15
33
Total business entriesno.
-
-
63
45
93
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
39
66
30
Employing businessesno.
-
-
3
9
33
Total business exitsno.
-
-
42
75
63
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year