National Regional Profile: South Gippsland (S) - Central (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 255206171   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
275
250
258
315
245
Unemployment rate%
4.7
4.0
3.9
4.6
3.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 501
1 630
1 698
1 628
-
Taxable individualsno.
5 297
5 427
5 447
5 538
-
Taxable income$m
177.0
181.8
191.7
205.6
-
Average taxable income$
33 424
33 508
35 199
37 119
-
Net tax$m
36.3
38.8
40.7
43.8
-
Average net tax$
6 861
7 148
7 474
7 913
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.5
21.3
21.2
21.3
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 825
4 009
4 083
4 070
-
Wage and salary income $m
115.7
125.1
131.9
136.3
-
Total income $m
123.1
132.3
140.9
145.2
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 240
31 205
32 301
33 484
-
Average total income$
32 192
32 991
34 497
35 663
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
54.6
53.4
53.4
53.9
-
Females%
45.4
46.6
46.6
46.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
20.5
20.4
20.5
21.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
20.4
19.5
18.7
17.3
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.5
24.3
23.7
22.9
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.4
23.4
23.8
24.2
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.2
12.4
13.3
14.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
8.2
7.9
7.3
-
Professionals%
-
17.6
17.6
18.0
-
Associate Professionals%
-
6.8
7.2
7.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.6
12.0
12.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
3.0
2.9
2.5
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.1
14.0
13.9
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
8.9
8.4
8.8
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
10.0
10.1
10.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.2
12.8
12.8
-
Not Stated%
-
6.5
7.0
6.3
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 593
1 484
1 363
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
49.5
38.5
35.9
-
-
Total income$m
52.2
42.7
40.7
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
31 084
25 942
26 339
-
-
Average total income$
32 788
28 771
29 833
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
1 167
1 164
1 131
1 146
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
336
375
420
402
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
147
165
162
159
Total businessesno.
-
1 650
1 704
1 713
1 707
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
177
150
144
Employing businessesno.
-
-
63
45
60
Total business entriesno.
-
-
240
195
204
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
159
153
135
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
18
66
Total business exitsno.
-
-
171
171
201
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year