National Regional Profile: Greater Hume Shire (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA13370   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
196
234
185
206
250
Unemployment rate%
3.8
4.4
3.4
3.9
4.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 139
1 307
1 275
1 258
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 127
4 054
4 181
4 077
-
Taxable income$m
146.9
142.3
156.2
161.0
-
Average taxable income$
35 604
35 102
37 359
39 498
-
Net tax$m
31.7
31.5
34.8
36.2
-
Average net tax$
7 677
7 765
8 312
8 873
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.6
22.1
22.2
22.5
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 131
3 278
3 288
3 136
-
Wage and salary income $m
94.0
100.4
107.2
104.0
-
Total income $m
99.6
105.1
113.5
110.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
30 009
30 618
32 590
33 169
-
Average total income$
31 799
32 060
34 525
35 270
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
56.0
55.3
55.5
54.9
-
Females%
44.0
44.7
44.5
45.1
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
19.1
19.5
19.3
20.0
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
19.5
19.3
18.7
17.4
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
25.0
24.0
23.5
23.6
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
23.3
23.2
23.5
23.6
-
Aged 55 years and over%
13.1
14.1
15.0
15.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.8
7.9
7.5
-
Professionals%
-
13.9
13.5
13.3
-
Associate Professionals%
-
4.6
4.6
4.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
12.9
13.1
13.9
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.8
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
15.3
15.1
15.6
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
9.3
9.6
9.4
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
8.3
7.9
8.0
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
17.4
17.8
17.5
-
Not Stated%
-
8.7
8.7
8.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
1 159
893
880
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
43.2
27.0
27.6
-
-
Total income$m
42.4
29.9
32.1
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
37 273
30 231
31 359
-
-
Average total income$
36 569
33 428
36 510
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
822
825
804
774
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
294
309
333
312
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
171
192
210
204
Total businessesno.
-
1 287
1 326
1 347
1 290
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
90
102
99
Employing businessesno.
-
-
39
57
36
Total business entriesno.
-
-
129
159
135
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
132
132
108
Employing businessesno.
-
-
12
6
66
Total business exitsno.
-
-
144
138
174
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year