National Regional Profile: Indigo (S) - Pt A (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 245053351   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
212
191
177
178
216
Unemployment rate%
3.9
3.4
3.1
3.1
3.7
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
1 225
1 322
1 320
1 251
-
Taxable individualsno.
4 290
4 416
4 481
4 610
-
Taxable income$m
149.6
160.0
170.0
181.3
-
Average taxable income$
34 877
36 246
37 942
39 331
-
Net tax$m
32.2
35.7
37.9
40.3
-
Average net tax$
7 499
8 089
8 449
8 749
-
Average net tax ratio%
21.5
22.3
22.3
22.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
3 715
3 882
3 905
3 925
-
Wage and salary income $m
120.1
130.9
135.0
141.3
-
Total income $m
127.4
137.9
142.1
150.1
-
Average wage and salary income$
32 334
33 721
34 560
35 998
-
Average total income$
34 292
35 509
36 396
38 252
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
52.5
51.3
50.7
50.6
-
Females%
47.5
48.7
49.3
49.4
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
14.8
15.4
15.9
16.5
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
17.0
16.9
16.3
15.0
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
28.7
26.0
25.7
25.4
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
28.3
29.2
29.0
29.0
-
Aged 55 years and over%
11.1
12.4
13.1
14.2
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
7.0
7.0
7.4
-
Professionals%
-
25.3
24.9
24.8
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.3
5.6
5.6
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
10.5
10.4
10.6
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.9
1.8
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
14.6
14.7
14.5
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
5.8
6.0
5.9
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.6
8.0
8.3
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
12.4
12.3
12.0
-
Not Stated%
-
9.7
9.3
9.2
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
703
611
560
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
17.8
13.7
13.8
-
-
Total income$m
19.2
15.3
15.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
25 273
22 451
24 601
-
-
Average total income$
27 337
25 091
27 936
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
834
804
825
801
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
174
186
216
219
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
96
99
108
108
Total businessesno.
-
1 104
1 089
1 149
1 128
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
123
123
114
Employing businessesno.
-
-
30
33
42
Total business entriesno.
-
-
153
156
156
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
129
105
111
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
9
48
Total business exitsno.
-
-
138
114
159
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year