National Regional Profile: Balranald (A) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA10300   
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ECONOMY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
ESTIMATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - June quarter
Unemployed personsno.
87
80
71
76
85
Unemployment rate%
5.9
5.3
4.6
5.1
5.6
TAXATION STATISTICS - year ended 30 June
Non-taxable individualsno.
262
298
298
309
-
Taxable individualsno.
1 039
963
956
973
-
Taxable income$m
33.0
32.7
32.1
33.1
-
Average taxable income$
31 790
33 944
33 526
34 038
-
Net tax$m
6.6
7.4
6.7
6.9
-
Average net tax$
6 387
7 654
7 000
7 047
-
Average net tax ratio%
20.1
22.5
20.9
20.7
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS * - year ended 30 June
Wage and salary earnersno.
802
773
770
786
-
Wage and salary income $m
22.0
21.9
22.9
24.7
-
Total income $m
23.0
25.8
23.8
25.6
-
Average wage and salary income$
27 378
28 363
29 782
31 465
-
Average total income$
28 709
33 322
30 966
32 596
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY SEX * - year ended 30 June
Males%
57.4
55.0
54.5
53.1
-
Females%
42.6
45.0
45.5
46.9
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY AGE * - year ended 30 June
Aged 15 years to 24 years%
23.3
20.5
19.6
17.2
-
Aged 25 years to 34 years%
23.1
24.4
21.4
23.7
-
Aged 35 years to 44 years%
24.8
24.0
24.3
23.3
-
Aged 45 years to 54 years%
20.2
22.0
24.7
24.8
-
Aged 55 years and over%
8.5
9.0
10.0
11.0
-
WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS BY OCCUPATION * - year ended 30 June
Managers and Administrators%
-
9.9
10.0
9.1
-
Professionals%
-
11.8
12.3
12.1
-
Associate Professionals%
-
5.6
4.8
5.5
-
Tradespersons and Related Workers%
-
13.0
11.8
10.8
-
Advanced Clerical and Service Workers%
-
1.7
1.9
2.2
-
Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
13.8
13.4
14.3
-
Intermediate Production and Transport Workers%
-
6.8
8.3
8.0
-
Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers%
-
7.4
7.4
7.5
-
Labourers and Related Workers%
-
26.4
26.4
25.1
-
Not Stated%
-
3.7
3.6
5.5
-
PERSONS WITH OWN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS * - year ended 30 June
Persons with own unincorporated businessno.
331
254
231
-
-
Own unincorporated business income$m
13.9
7.4
8.5
-
-
Total income$m
11.8
7.0
7.6
-
-
Average own unincorporated business income$
41 934
29 273
36 650
-
-
Average total income$
35 659
27 725
33 024
-
-
COUNTS OF BUSINESS ENTRIES AND EXITS
Number of Businesses - at 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
174
171
159
168
Employing businesses: 1 to 4 employeesno.
-
81
90
99
96
Employing businesses: 5 or more employeesno.
-
72
78
78
93
Total businessesno.
-
327
339
336
357
Business Entries - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
42
12
21
Employing businessesno.
-
-
9
21
18
Total business entriesno.
-
-
51
33
39
Business Exits - year ended 30 June
Non-employing businessesno.
-
-
24
30
48
Employing businessesno.
-
-
6
0
24
Total business exitsno.
-
-
30
30
72
* These data relate to persons for whom this source of income was their principal source of income for the relevant financial year